September 11, 2001,
We will never forget.
This is a
tribute to all the members of the US Coast Guard
who have earned high level awards in combat or for other heroic
activities.
Coast Guard Hymn
Eternal Father,
Lord of Hosts
Watch o'er
the ones who guard our coasts
Protect them
from the raging seas
And give
them light and life and peace.
Grant them
from thy great throne above
The shield
and shelter of thy love.
Lord, guard
and guide the ones who fly
Through the
great spaces in the sky
Be with them
always in the air,
In darken
storms or sunlight fair,
Oh, hear us
when we lift our prayer,
For those in
peril in the air!
Grant to them Your eternal peace, Oh Lord,
For they have followed
your commandment,
That No Greater Love has
he,
who would give up his life
for another.
Douglas Munro
Official USCG Photo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Douglas_Albert_Munro
Congressional Medal Of Honor
Douglas A. Munro, a signalman first class of the
United States Coast Guard, died heroically on Guadalcanal September 27,
1942, after succeeding in his assignment, for which he had volunteered,
to evacuate a detachment of Marines from a point where enemy opposition
developed beyond anticipated dimensions. Munro's final words were
"Did they get off?"
Douglas Albert Munro was born in Vancouver, Canada, of American
parents, on October 11, 1919, but spent his entire life previous to his
enlistment in South Cle Elum, Washington.
See - Coast Guard Cutter Munro
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USCGC_Munro_(WHEC-724)
Marcus Hanna
Congressional Medal Of Honor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Hanna_(lighthouse_keeper)
Marcus Hanna was awarded the Medal of Honor for service during the US Civil War while serving with the US Army. But he did not receive it until 1895. In the meantime he was appoint as a lightkeeper in 1869, and in 1885 was awarded the Gold Lifesaving Medal for saving the lives of two sailors. He is the only person to have been awarded both of these medals. A Keeper Class Buoy Tender has been named for him. See USCGC Marcus Hanna
USCG CORE VALUES
Honor
Respect
Devotion
to Duty
Official USCG Photo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan
_Bruckenthal
Bronze Star With Valor
He was the first Coast Guardsman to die in
wartime action since the Vietnam War. Bruckenthal died along with two
U.S. Navy sailors intercepting a waterborne suicide attack on the Khawr
Al Amaya Oil Terminal off the coast of Iraq in the northern Persian
Gulf. Bruckenthal was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star with Valor
and the Purple Heart for his actions.
A Personal Note: I did not know Nate Bruckenthal, but I was honored
to be at the ceremony in which he was awarded the Bronze Star. His
courage was undeniable. He served with honor and exemplified the
USCG Core Values.
Larry D. Villarreal
Silver Star
Engineman First Class Robert J. Yered
was awarded the Silver Star for action on 18 February 1968 while
attached to Explosive Loading Detachment #1, Cat Lai, Republic
of Vietnam. EN1 Yered was supervising the loading of
explosives on board an ammunition ship when an enemy rocket
struck a barge loaded with several tons of mortar ammunition
moored alongside. His citation noted that "without regard
for his personal safety, [he] exposed himself to the enemy
fusillade as he helped extinguish the fire on the burning barge.
. .His courageous act averted destruction of the ammunition
ship, and the Army Terminal." EN1 Yered also received the
Purple Heart for injuries suffered during the attack. see
Coast Guard Cutter Robert J Yered
Silver Star
Lieutenant (j.g.) Charles B. Mosher, commanding USCGC Point Grey, was awarded the Silver Star Medal "for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action" while serving on a Market Time patrol. On 10 May 1966 near the mouth of the Co Chien River, the Point Grey engaged an enemy trawler attempting to infiltrate arms and ammunition to the Viet Cong. After forcing the trawler to ground in shoal water near the shoreline, "POINT GREY laid down an effective, intermittent barrage along the shore to prevent Viet Cong forces from removing the trawler's cargo. . .[he] twice drove his cutter through a withering blast of enemy gunfire in attempts to put a boarding party on the trawler, He ceased these valiant attempts to put a boarding party on the trawler only after three of his crewmembers were wounded. He then joined with newly arrived friendly forces in destroying the enemy vessel and confiscating part of its cargo.
All USCG Personnel awarded the Silver Star during the Vietnam war
IRAQ
Bronze Star
First Coast Guard Female
Recipient Of the Bronze Star
IRAQ
Bronze Star
George Taylor
News Item on PO1 Taylor IRAQ
Bronze Star
Youtube Video Of
PO1 Daniel Burgoyne receiving the Bronze Star
http://CoastGuardNews.com Petty Officer 1st Class Daniel Burgoyne, a boatswain's mate assigned to the Coast Guard Cutter Flores, receives the Bronze Star Medal during a ceremony at Coast Guard Base Miami Beach, Fla., Dec. 5, 2011. Burgoyne received the award for his service in Iraq as a team member of Training and Advisory Team Four. U.S. Coast Guard multimedia production by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nick Ameen.
CPO Terrell Horne III
Killed in the line of duty while the small boat he was on was attempting to apprehend drug smugglers.
Dec 2, 2012
PO2 Traci Huddleston
Petty Officer 2nd Class Traci Huddleston For "extraordinary heroism" while attending a concert in Las Vegas that was the scene of a mass shooting, October 1, 2017. The shooting killed 58 and injured 850 others. "Huddleston disregarded her own safety to guide others to cover and then spent hours providing first aid and assisting other victims before other help arrived."
World
War I and II Recipients of the NAVY CROSS>
Click on image to go to Hall of Honor.
See Article in USCG News on Purple Heart Honorees
http://coastguardnews.com/honoring-purple-heart-recipients/2015/02/08/