CAPE MAY -- Coast Guardsmen and recruits gathered to remember the sacrifice of the Coast Guard’s only Medal of Honor recipient aboard Training Center Cape May, Sept. 27, 2018. The crew of Training Center Cape May gathered at a statue erected in Douglas Munro’s honor to mark the 76th anniversary of the Coast Guardsman’s death during World War II. Munro was killed at Point Cruz, Guadalcanal, rescuing 500 beleaguered Marines who had come under heavy enemy fire Sept. 27, 1942.

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