Training Center Cape May remembers Petty Officer 1st Class Douglas Munro
U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May helds a memorial ceremony for Petty Officer 1st Class Douglas Munro, Sept. 27, 2019, near his statue on the parade field on base. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer 2 Timothy Tamargo
CAPE MAY, N.J. – Coast Guardsmen and recruits gathered to remember the sacrifice of the Coast Guard’s only Medal of Honor recipient aboard Coast Guard Training...
Fijian shiprider joins Coast Guard aircrew on patrol
Fijian navy Sub-Lt. Opeti Enesi, a navigation officer, and an Air Station Barbers Point HC-130 Hercules aircrew fly over the Fijian islands, Dec. 8, 2018. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew West)
SUVA, Fiji — A Fijian navy shiprider flew with a Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point HC-130 Hercules aircrew on patrol over the Fijian Islands, Saturday.
“What we were tasked...
Coast Guard Cutter Munro visits Suva, Fiji
Petty Officer 3rd Class Lawrence Thomas, an engineer aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Munro (WMSL 755) shows Fijian navy cadets the engine of the Munro’s 35-foot Long Range Interceptor small boat off Suva, Fiji, Dec. 7, 2018. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew West)
SUVA, Fiji — Representatives from the U.S. Coast Guard and the Fijian navy spoke at a press conference,...
Coast Guard honors service’s only Medal of Honor recipient
The original Medal of Honor which was presented posthumously to Signalman First Class Douglas Munro by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, is displayed at the 75th anniversary ceremony held in Cle Elum, Wash., Sept. 27, 2017. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer David Mosley.
Cle Elum, WA – Douglas A. Munro, a signalman first class of the United States Coast Guard, died heroically on...
Coast Guard to honor service’s only Medal of Honor recipient
Signalman 1st Class Douglas Munro
SEATTLE — Admiral Paul Zukunft, Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, will join approximately 200 local Coast Guard personnel to honor the service’s only Medal of Honor recipient at a ceremony held at Laurel Hill Memorial Park, Cle Elum, at 11 a.m., Wednesday.
This year’s ceremony marks the 75th anniversary of Signalman 1st Class Douglas Munro’s ultimate...
Coast Guard commissions sixth National Security Cutter in Seattle
Capt. Thomas King assumes the command of the Coast Guard Cutter Munro during a commissioning ceremony in Seattle, April 1, 2017. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Klingenberg.
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard Cutter Munro (WMSL 755), the military service’s newest National Security Cutter (NSC), was commissioned into service in Seattle Saturday.
Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Paul...
Coast Guard Medal of Honor recipient honored in Cle Elum, Washington
Cle Elum, WA – More than 50 Coast Guardsmen, along with representatives from Seattle-area chapters of the Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officers Association, the Coast Guard Chief Petty Officers Association and the Coast Guard Combat Veterans Association gathered today to honor the memory of Signalman First Class Douglas A. Munro. Munro died heroically on Guadalcanal on September 27, 1942. Having...
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Today in Coast Guard History
1963– Coast Guard air and surface rescue craft responded immediately when the freighter Fernview and the tanker Dynafuel collided in Buzzards Bay. While helicopters removed the injured aboard the stricken ships, surface craft extinguished the fires. These Coast Guard units had completed the evacuation of all aboard the disabled vessels before the Dynafuel capsized...
Coast Guard Training Center Cape May remembers Medal of Honor recipient
CAPE MAY, N.J. – Coast Guardsmen and recruits gathered to remember the sacrifice of the Coast Guard’s only Medal of Honor recipient aboard Training Center Cape May this morning at 8 a.m.
The crew of Training Center Cape May gathered at a statue erected in Signalman 1st Class Douglas Munro’s honor to mark the 70th anniversary of the Coast Guardsman’s death during World War II. Munro was killed...
