Coast Guard presents posthumous Purple Heart for WWII Veteran [Image 1 of 2]

FLORIDA, UNITED STATES

02.03.2020

Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Ayla Hudson 

U.S. Coast Guard District 7 PADET Tampa Bay

Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg presented a Purple Heart to Anabel Antonsanti-Weis and her family in honor of her late father, Coast Guard Seaman 1st Class Arturo Antonsanti who was a WWII veteran, in St. Petersburg, Florida, February 3, 2020.
The Coast Guard manned USS Leopold was attacked by a German submarine March 9, 1944 in the northern Atlantic of which only 28 crewmen survived and 171 lost their lives. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Ayla Hudson.

• Date Taken: 02.03.2020
• Date Posted: 02.03.2020 15:33
• Photo ID: 6067969
• VIRIN: 200203-G-MQ432-013
• Resolution: 3739x2493
• Size: 4.48 MB
• Location: FLORIDA, US