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Storis" is a Scandinavian word meaning "great ice." [1] On 10 June 1943, she began escorting convoy GS-24 from Narsarssuak to St. John's, Newfoundland, in company with the USCGC Mojave (flag), Tampa, Escanaba, and Algonquin, the convoy consisting of USAT Fairfax and USS Raritan. At 0510 on the 13th, dense black and yellow smoke was reported ...
History of the United States Coast Guard
Bernard C. Webber
OMAHA BEACH, Easy Red sector or environs: [1] At 0:39, this clip shows a large cadre of men running up a foggy beach covered in Czech hedgehogs (Shot by USCG Chief Photographer's Mate David C. Ruley [2]) Beachhead to Berlin is a 20-minute Warner Brothers film with narration and a fictionalized framing device that makes extensive use of USGS color footage of D-Day preparations and beach ...
United States Coast Guard
United States Life-Saving Service
Douglas Albert Munro
Korea Service Medal. Coast Guard Good Conduct Medal with 2 bronze service stars. Coast Guard Unit Commendation Ribbon. Edgar A. Culbertson (October 13, 1935 – April 30, 1967) was a United States Coast Guard Boatswain's Mate First Class (BM1) who died while trying to rescue three teenage brothers during a fierce storm in Duluth, Minnesota .