Dec 16, 2017 | Army, Coast Guard
Wayne Eugen Caldwell was born on Springfield, Ohio, where he graduated at the top of his high school class and was recognized as an All-Ohio football player. He attended Ohio State University for a year before enlisting in the Army in 1942. He graduated from the...
Nov 21, 2017 | Coast Guard
As World War II was coming to a close, Lawson enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard SPARS, a women’s reservist unit. Lawson said, “I thought that was an adventure and it was.” She would spend two years with the Coast Guard, working at a Navy Air Station...
Oct 15, 2017 | Coast Guard
Edwin John Roland was born on 11 February 19O5, at Buffalo, NY. where he graduated from Canisius High School and attended Canisius College. Appointed a Cadet in 1926, he graduated from the U. S. Coast Guard Academy, New London, CT with a Bachelor of Science Degree in...
Sep 8, 2017 | Coast Guard
Vern Peters chose to enlist in the Coast Guard because of an especially persuasive recruiting poster depicting a bare-chested seaman loading a shell into the breech. Peters completed basic training at Government Island, Alameda, California, where many of his fellow...
Sep 3, 2017 | Coast Guard
John McCubbin graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, New London, Connecticut, Class of 1939. He retired as a U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral in 1973. John was awarded with the Air Medal for meritorious achievement as Patrol Plane Commander in Patrol Squadron SIX,...
Aug 19, 2017 | Coast Guard
John A. Pritchard, Jr., was born on 12 January 1914 at Redfield, South Dakota. He graduated from Beverly Hills High School, California, in 1931 and continued with a postgraduate course the following term. Meanwhile he was employed as a district collector for the Los...
