A Coast Guard member renders a salute during a memorial service
for Gordon Huggins 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.