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On 24 April 2004, Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan B. Bruckenthal, 24, from the USS Firebolt (PC-10), became the first Coast Guardsman to die in a combat zone since the Vietnam War. He was killed in a suicide boat attack on a Basra oil terminal off the coast of Iraq as the crew of Firebolt performed their maritime security mission.
The Creed of the United States Coast Guardsman was written in 1938 by Vice Admiral Harry G. Hamlet, who served as Commandant of the Coast Guard from 1932 to 1936. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] According to former commandant Robert Papp , the creed described the duties and responsibilities that binds the group of coast guardsmen together as "shipmates".
The term coast guardsman is the correct form of address used in Title 14 USC and is the form that has been used historically. This changed the line in the Guardian Ethos "I am a Guardian." to become "I am a Coast Guardsman." [108] The Ethos is:
The Coast Guardsman's Manual, Ninth Edition. Annapolis, Maryland: US Naval Institute. ISBN 978-1-55750-468-5. Martin, John Hill (1883). Martin's Bench and Bar of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: Rees Welch & Co. Nelson, Paul David (1985). Anthony Wayne, Soldier of the Early Republic. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.
The Coast Guardsman's Manual (9th ed.). Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-468-7. Johnson, Robert Irwin (1987). Guardians of the Sea, History of the United States Coast Guard, 1915 to the Present. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis. ISBN 978-0-87021-720-3. King, Irving H. (1996). The Coast Guard Expands, 1865–1915: New Roles, New ...
The Coast Guardsman's Manual (Ninth ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: U.S. Naval Institute Press. p. 33. Annapolis, Maryland: U.S. Naval Institute Press. p. 33. ISBN 1-55750-468-7 . , There are later editions of The Coast Guardsman's Manual but they could have a different page number.
On August 2, 2008, in a bid to help affirm Grand Haven, Michigan, as "Coast Guard City USA", the Walk of History was revealed to the public at Coast Guard Station Grand Haven. The first point of history on the walk was the Hopley Yeaton Plaque, which was ceremonially unveiled by Vice Adm. Clifford Pearson and Andrew Yeaton, a direct descendant ...
Douglas Albert Munro (October 11, 1919 – September 27, 1942) was a United States coast guardsman who was posthumously decorated with the Medal of Honor for an act of "extraordinary heroism" during World War II. He is the only person to have received the medal for actions performed during service in the Coast Guard. [a]