Photo Release: Coast Guard honors service's only Medal of Honor recipient

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 09/27/2017 05:50 PM EDT

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September 27, 2017
U.S. Coast Guard 13th District Pacific Northwest
Contact: 13th District Public Affairs
Office: (206) 220-7237

Photo Release: Coast Guard honors service's only Medal of Honor recipient

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The headstone for the grave of Coast Guard Signalman First Class Douglas Munro marks his final resting place at Laurel Hill Memorial Park, Cle Elum, Wash., Sept 27, 2017.

Munro, the Coast Guard’s only Medal of Honor recipient was killed in action while leading the rescue effort of several hundred Marines under attack by Japanese forces on the island of Guadalcanal.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer David Mosley.

 

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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.


The original medal is maintained at the Coast Guard Museum a the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., and this is one of the few times it has ever left the Academy grounds.


U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer David Mosley.

 

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Coast Guard crew members from units across the Pacific Northwest attend the 75th anniversary ceremony for Signalman First Class Douglas Munro in Cle Elum, Wash., Sept. 27, 2017.


Munro was killed on Sept. 27, 1942, at age 22, while leading the rescue effort of several hundred Marines under attack by Japanese forces on the island of Guadalcanal.


U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer David Mosley.

 

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Admiral Paul Zukunft, commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, speaks at the 75th anniversary ceremony honoring Signalman First Class Douglas Munro held in Cle Elum, Wash., Sept. 27, 2017.

The Medal of Honor was presented posthumously to Munro by President Franklin D. Roosevelt at a Whitehouse ceremony held in 1943.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer David Mosley.

 

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Veterans and members of the Coast Guard place memorial wreaths at the grave site of Signalman First Class Douglas Munro in Cle Elum, Wash., Sept. 27, 2017.


The ceremony was held to honor the 75th anniversary of the passing of Munro who is the Coast Guard’s only Medal of Honor recipient.


U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer David Mosley.

 

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A U.S. Marine Corps honor guard conducts a 21 gun salute in honor of Coast Guard Signalman First Class Douglas Munro at a ceremony held in Cle Elum, Wash., Sept. 27, 2017.


Munro was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his leadership and efforts to rescue several hundred Marines under attack by Japanese forces on the island of Guadalcanal in World War II.


U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer David Mosley. 

 

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Members of the Coast Guard Pipe Band perform at the 75th anniversary ceremony honoring Signalman First Class Douglas Munro, in Cle Elum, Wash., Sept 27, 2017.


Munro was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his efforts in rescuing several hundred Marines from the island of Guadalcanal in World War II.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer David Mosley.

 

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