Rear Adm. Austin presents Gold Lifesaving Medal replicas at ceremony on Harkers Island, NC [Image 3 of 3]

NC, UNITED STATES

12.18.2012

Photo by Chief Petty Officer John D. Miller 

U.S. Coast Guard District 5   

Retired U.S. Life-Saving Serviceman and U.S. Coast Guard Senior Chief Petty Officer Ira Lewis shares stories of patrolling beaches during World War II with Coast Guard Lt. j.g. William O’Connor and Chief Warrant Officer Greg Gage at the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum and Heritage Center on Harkers Island, North Carolina, Feb. 11, 2017. The men attended a ceremony during which replicas of Gold Lifesaving Medals were presented to the descendants of nine U.S. Life-Saving Servicemen who rescued six men from the schooner Sarah D. J. Rawson off Cape Lookout on Feb. 9, 1905. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer John D. Miller/Released)

• Date Taken: 12.18.2012
• Date Posted: 02.11.2017 14:49
• Photo ID: 3158456
• VIRIN: 170211-G-NV320-1077
• Resolution: 4256x2832
• Size: 3.27 MB
• Location: NC, US