Coast Guard Honors Silver Lifesaving Medal Recipients’ Service And Life At Memorial Service [Image 3 of 4]

ASTORIA, OR, UNITED STATES

03.30.2019

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Valerie Higdon 

U.S. Coast Guard District 13

Lt. Jessica Shafer, commander of Coast Guard Station Cape
Disappointment, and Lt. Cmdr. Thomas Condit, branch chief of Mobile
Training Unit at Training Center Cape May, N.J., cradle the American
flag and Gordon Huggins’ remains during a memorial service at Barbey
Maritime Center in Astoria, Ore., March 30, 2019.

Gordon Huggins was awarded medals for his service in Vietnam, and the
Coast Guard Silver Lifesaving Medal as the sole survivor when the
52-foot Motor Life Boat Triumph sank during a search and rescue
mission where five coast guard crew members and two fishermen perished
in January 1961 on the Columbia River.

• Date Taken: 03.30.2019
• Date Posted: 03.31.2019 00:00
• Photo ID: 5223912
• VIRIN: 190330-G-IG980-0040
• Resolution: 7360x4912
• Size: 17.98 MB
• Location: ASTORIA, OR, US