Distinguished Service Medal presented to "Iceberg" Smith. At a ceremony before five Coast Guard Rear Admirals at Headquarters in Washington, , Admiral Russell R. Waesche, Commandant of the Coast Guard, presents the Distinguished Service Medal to Rear Admiral Edward H. "Iceberg" Smith for "exceptionally meritorious service. as commander of the Greenland Patrol and later as commander of a task force in the Atlantic Fleet from December, 1941, to November, 1944." Mrs. Smith, the former Isabel Brier of Malden, Mass., was present at the presentation. The Smith home is at 5 Wildwood Street,
Distinguished Service Medal presented to "Iceberg" Smith. At a ceremony before five Coast Guard Rear Admirals at Headquarters in Washington, , Admiral Russell R. Waesche, Commandant of the Coast Guard, presents the Distinguished Service Medal to Rear Admiral Edward H. "Iceberg" Smith for "exceptionally meritorious service. as commander of the Greenland Patrol and later as commander of a task force in the Atlantic Fleet from December, 1941, to November, 1944." Mrs. Smith, the former Isabel Brier of Malden, Mass., was present at the presentation. The Smith home is at 5 Wildwood Street, Winchester, Mass. In the group, left to right: Rear Admiral Eaton, Assistant Surgeon General Carl Michel, Rear Admiral Robert Donohue, Rear Admiral Frank J. Gorman, Rear Admiral Lloyd T. Chalker, Admiral Waesche, Rear Admiral Smith and Mrs. Smith.
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