Hampton Bays Coast Guard Officer Awarded Bronze Star Medal. Commended for "brilliant leadership and loyal devotion to duty in the face of grave danger," Coast Guard Lieutenant Commander Howard A. White, USCG, of Hampton Bays, , is awarded the Bronze Star Medal by Coast Guard Captain Ralph W. Dempwolf, District Coast Guard Officer, Ninth Naval District, Cleveland. Commander White served aboard a Coast Guard-manned LST which was attacked by seven dive bombers in our offensive action against the Japanese at Cape Gloucester, New Britain. He is now the executive officer of the new Coast Guard i
Hampton Bays Coast Guard Officer Awarded Bronze Star Medal. Commended for "brilliant leadership and loyal devotion to duty in the face of grave danger," Coast Guard Lieutenant Commander Howard A. White, USCG, of Hampton Bays, , is awarded the Bronze Star Medal by Coast Guard Captain Ralph W. Dempwolf, District Coast Guard Officer, Ninth Naval District, Cleveland. Commander White served aboard a Coast Guard-manned LST which was attacked by seven dive bombers in our offensive action against the Japanese at Cape Gloucester, New Britain. He is now the executive officer of the new Coast Guard ice-breaker Mackinaw.
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