For Him Highest Honor. To Coast Guardsman Douglas A. Munro in death went the Congressional Medal of Honor for "conspicuous gallantry in action above and beyond the call of duty." The country's highest decoration was presented by President Roosevelt to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Munro of South Cle Elum, Washington, at ceremonies Thursday in the White House. The Coast Guardsman, shown above in a treasured family snapshot, gave his life while engaged in evacuating a Marine battalion trapped by the Japanese at Guadalcanal.

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