Gets Legion of Merit for Service in Sicily. Vice Admiral R. R. Waesche, commandant of the U. S. Coast Guard, pins the Legion of Merit on Captain Charles W. Harwood, who was awarded the decoration in the name of the President by Vice Admiral H. K. Hewitt, , commander of the U. S. Naval Forces in Northwest African Waters. The award was made for "exceptionally meritorious performance of outstanding service as commander of a Naval Task Force during the amphibious assault on Sicily." Captain Harwood, at present Operations Planning Officer at Coast Guard Headquarters, has been a commissioned o
Gets Legion of Merit for Service in Sicily. Vice Admiral R. R. Waesche, commandant of the U. S. Coast Guard, pins the Legion of Merit on Captain Charles W. Harwood, who was awarded the decoration in the name of the President by Vice Admiral H. K. Hewitt, , commander of the U. S. Naval Forces in Northwest African Waters. The award was made for "exceptionally meritorious performance of outstanding service as commander of a Naval Task Force during the amphibious assault on Sicily." Captain Harwood, at present Operations Planning Officer at Coast Guard Headquarters, has been a commissioned officer for more than twenty years. Most of his years of service have been spent at sea.
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