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SM1 DOUGLAS A. MUNRO

Posted by John M. Summers on December 5, 2015 at 11:32pm

THIS IS THE STATUE OF SM1 MUNRO AT USCG TRACEN CAPE MAY, NJ. HE IS THE COAST GUARD'S SOLE RECIPIENT OF THE MEDAL OF HONOR, POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED FOR HIS ACTIONS AT GUADALCANAL, 27 SEPT 1942, WHILE RESCUING SEVERAL MARINES WITH THE HIGGINS BOAT HE WAS THE COXSWAIN OF. HIS DYING WORDS WERE "DID THEY GET OFF?"

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