Daughters in Uniform See Captain Higbee Honored With Legion of Merit Medal. For his services as Commanding Officer of a group of LSTs in the New Guinea operations, Coast Guard Captain Frank D. Higbee is presented the Legion of Merit Medal by Vice Admiral Russell R. Waesche, Commandant of the Coast Guard, in ceremonies witnessed by Mrs. Higbee and two of their daughters at Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, In the group, left to right, are SPAR Ann Higbee, Mrs. Higbee, Vice Admiral Waesche, Captain Higbee and WAC Private Joan Higbee. A third daughter, Miss Joyce Higbee, attends c
Daughters in Uniform See Captain Higbee Honored With Legion of Merit Medal. For his services as Commanding Officer of a group of LSTs in the New Guinea operations, Coast Guard Captain Frank D. Higbee is presented the Legion of Merit Medal by Vice Admiral Russell R. Waesche, Commandant of the Coast Guard, in ceremonies witnessed by Mrs. Higbee and two of their daughters at Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, In the group, left to right, are SPAR Ann Higbee, Mrs. Higbee, Vice Admiral Waesche, Captain Higbee and WAC Private Joan Higbee. A third daughter, Miss Joyce Higbee, attends college in the Los Angeles area. The Higbees have homes in Great Neck, Long Island, , and Portland, Ore. The Legion of Merit Medal was awarded to Captain Higbee by Vice Admiral Kinkaid, U. S. Navy, Commander of the Seventh Fleet, in the name of President Roosevelt.
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