Riverside Coast Guard Officer Commended. Captain Frank A. Leamy of 62 Woodmont Road, Belle Haven, Alexandria, VA., reads a commendation from Admiral Henry R. Stark, USN, to Coast Guard Lieut. (JG) Eldred J. Kron of Riverside, LA., in a ceremony on deck of the Coast Guard-manned invasion transport aboard which they participated in the initial invasion of France. In part, Lieut. Kron's citation reads, "You led the first wave of the boat group from your ship and made a successful landing in the face of enemy opposition and despite the state of the sea which threatened to swamp the boats.".

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