Coast Guard to present posthumous Purple Heart Medals
TAMPA, Fla. — The Coast Guard is scheduled to posthumously present two World War I Purple Heart Medals Thursday, at 9 a.m., during a ceremony at the Tampa History Center.
Coast Guard Capt. Michael Kahle, commander of Sector St. Petersburg, will present the medals to the families of Angus Nelson MacLean and James Frost who lost their lives during the sinking of the Coast Guard Cutter Tampa.
MacLean...
Newest Fast Response Cutter to arrive in Boston
BOSTON — Coast Guard Cutter Warren Deyampert (WPC-1151) is scheduled to arrive at Coast Guard Base Boston Friday, Feb. 17, at 10 a.m. following a transit from Key West. The newly-built Warren Deyampert was accepted by the Coast Guard on Dec. 23, 2022, and will be one of six new Fast Response Cutters homeported in Boston.
The cutter’s arrival will include a water salute from the Boston Fire...
Coast Guard presents posthumous Purple Heart for WWII Veteran
Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg presented a Purple Heart to Anabel Antonsanti-Weis and her family in honor of her late father, Coast Guard Seaman 1st Class Arturo Antonsanti who was a WWII veteran, in St. Petersburg, Florida, February 3, 2020. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Ayla Hudson.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Coast Guard presented a Purple Heart to Anabel Antonsanti-Weis,...
Coast Guard presents Purple Heart medal in Newport, Rhode Island
Frances Sisson, Joan Toste, and Tom Worthington, the nieces and Great-nephew of Charles Parkin, stand for a photo Wednesday, Dec.11, 2019 at Coast Guard Station Castle Hill, Newport, Rhode Island. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nicole J. Groll)
BOSTON — The First Coast Guard District Commander, Rear Adm. Andy Tiongson, the crew of Coast Guard Station Castle Hill, and the Newport...
Coast Guard posthumously presents two Purple Heart Medals
U.S. Coast Guard Vice Adm. Linda Fagan, Pacific Area commander, stands with Lisa Rehman and Bob Kelleher who accepted Purple Heart Medals during a ceremony on Coast Guard Island in Alameda, California, Sept. 3, 2019. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Matthew Masaschi
ALAMEDA, California — Vice Adm. Linda Fagan, the U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area Commander, posthumously presented...
Coast Guard veteran to receive posthumous award
Buffalo – The family of U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Thomas J.E. Crotty, a World War II veteran, is scheduled to accept a posthumous Purple Heart Medal honoring Crotty’s service, Thursday, at approximately 12:30 p.m.
