Rear Admiral "Iceberg" Smith Awarded The Distinguished Service Medal. Coast Guard Rear Admiral Edward H. "Iceberg" Smith is presented the Distinguished Service Medal by Admiral Russell R. Waesche, Commandant of the U. S. Coast Guard, at ceremonies in the Commandant's Office in headquarters at Washington, The nation's leading authority on Arctic waters, Rear Admiral Smith was cited by Secretary of the Navy Forrestal for "exceptionally meritorious Commander of the Greenland Patrol and later as Commander of a Task Force in the Atlantic fleet from December, 1941, to November, 1944
Rear Admiral "Iceberg" Smith Awarded The Distinguished Service Medal. Coast Guard Rear Admiral Edward H. "Iceberg" Smith is presented the Distinguished Service Medal by Admiral Russell R. Waesche, Commandant of the U. S. Coast Guard, at ceremonies in the Commandant's Office in headquarters at Washington, The nation's leading authority on Arctic waters, Rear Admiral Smith was cited by Secretary of the Navy Forrestal for "exceptionally meritorious Commander of the Greenland Patrol and later as Commander of a Task Force in the Atlantic fleet from December, 1941, to November, 1944. Rear Admiral Smith's home is at 5 Wildwood Street, Winchester, Mass.
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