Coast Guard WWII veteran posthumously honored alongside Rescue Flotilla One with new monument at Omaha Beach [Image 5 of 5]

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, CALVADOS, FRANCE

06.06.2025

Courtesy Photo

U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area

Coast Guard personnel pose for a group photo on Omaha Beach in Normandy, France on the inaugural day of a new WWII monument that posthumously honored Jack Hamlin alongside Rescue Flotilla One, June 6, 2025; left to right: Senior Chief Petty Officers Przemyslaw Aleksandrowicz, Steven Schaadt, Chief Petty Officer Jose Carlos Marrero-Choe, Lt. David Roy, and Petty Officer 1st Class Alan Purcell. On D-Day alone, Rescue Flotilla One rescued 484 individuals and Hamlin’s rescue boat pulled scores of injured soldiers from the water that day; of the 484 total rescued, 194 Allied personnel were rescued off Omaha Beach, 157 off Utah Beach, and 133 off Gold, Juno, and Sword Beaches. (Photo courtesy of Acco Alain)

• Date Taken: 06.06.2025
• Date Posted: 07.28.2025 10:36
• Photo ID: 9222208
• VIRIN: 250606-G-G0100-1012
• Resolution: 1141x1521
• Size: 1011.38 KB
• Location: COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, CALVADOS, FR