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, operating out of BW-1, Greenland, and Argentia, Naval Air Field, on extensive anti-submarine and convoy coverage flights under hazardous weather conditions in the North Atlantic regions off Labrador and Greenland, from December 1943 to April 1944.
We honor you, John McCubbin.
