Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Anthony Randisi | U.S. Coast Guard District 8 | 12.07.2025
U.S. Coast Guard Heartland members gather on the banks of the Mississippi River while the USCGC Pamlico (WLIC-800) performs a wreath laying in White Castle, Louisiana, Dec. 7, 2025. The buoy stands as a permanent memorial to the 17 lives lost when the USCGC White Alder (WAGL-541/WLM-541) sank near this same spot. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Anthony Randisi)...
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Anthony Randisi | U.S. Coast Guard District 8 | 12.07.2025
U.S. Coast Guard Heartland members gather on the deck of the USCGC Pamlico (WLIC-800) for a wreath laying ceremony in the Mississippi River near White Castle, Louisiana, Dec. 7, 2025. The wreath laid is in honor of the 17 crew members lost when the USCGC White Alder (WAGL-541/WLM-541) sank in the same spot in 1968. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Anthony Randisi)...
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Anthony Randisi | U.S. Coast Guard District 8 | 12.07.2025
A U.S. Coast Guard member rings a bell in honor of each of the 17 crew members of the USCGC White Alder (WAGL-541/WLM-541) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Dec. 7, 2025. Only three of the 20 crew members were rescued when the cutter sank after a collision in the Mississippi River in 1968. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Anthony Randisi)...
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Anthony Randisi | U.S. Coast Guard District 8 | 12.07.2025
U.S. Coast Guard members from across the Heartland District gather at the USCGC White Alder (WAGL-541/WLM-541) memorial site in White Castle, Louisiana, Dec. 7, 2025. The site marks the area of the Mississippi River where the White Alder sank in 1968 after a collision with a commercial vessel. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Anthony Randisi)...
Photo by Erin Thompson | U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence | 08.01.2025
The Battle of Baton Rouge sketched from the camp of the 21st Indiana Regiment, 1862 (Harper’s Weekly)
Photo by Cpl. Tanner Pittard | 6th Marine Corps District | 07.19.2025
U.S. Marine Corps Recruiters with Recruiting Sub-Station Shreveport, Recruiting Station Baton Rouge, engage with event attendees during the Red River Balloon Rally at the Louisiana Downs in Bossier City, Louisiana, July 19, 2025. Marines attended the event to engage with the local Shreveport community to educate them about the Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tanner Pittard)...
Photo by Cpl. Tanner Pittard | 6th Marine Corps District | 07.18.2025
U.S. Marine Corps Recruiters with Recruiting Sub-Station Shreveport, Recruiting Station Baton Rouge, engage with event attendees during the Red River Balloon Rally at the Louisiana Downs in Bossier City, Louisiana, July 18, 2025. Marines attended the event to engage with the local Shreveport community to educate them about the Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tanner Pittard)...
Photo by Cpl. Tanner Pittard | 6th Marine Corps District | 07.18.2025
U.S. Marine Corps Recruiters with Recruiting Sub-Station Shreveport, Recruiting Station Baton Rouge, engage with event attendees during the Red River Balloon Rally at the Louisiana Downs in Bossier City, Louisiana, July 18, 2025. Marines attended the event to engage with the local Shreveport community to educate them about the Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tanner Pittard)...
