Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class LaNola Stone | U.S. Coast Guard District 1 PADET New York | 02.04.2017
Joint facility Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England, Station Woods Hole, and Aids to Navigation Team on Cape Cod, Mass., is shown during sunset, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017. Jack Cowley served 30-years as volunteer Auxiliary at this location. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class LaNola Stone....
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class LaNola Stone | U.S. Coast Guard District 1 PADET New York | 02.04.2017
“Papa Jack” Cowley, a 30-year veteran of the Coast Guard Auxiliary, is at Station Woods Hole, Mass., holds a bag containing American flags, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017. Cowley, 92, uses a large portion of his social security income each month to purchase and distribute American flags, and has given away more than 1,800 flags to date. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class LaNola Stone....
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class LaNola Stone | U.S. Coast Guard District 1 PADET New York | 02.04.2017
“Papa Jack” Cowley, a thirty year veteran of the Coast Guard Auxiliary, stands before the station sign in Woods Hole, Mass., Feb. 4, 2017. During his retirement ceremony a month earlier, Cowley was awarded the Coast Guard Auxiliary Achievement Medal for his honorable volunteer service in the Auxiliary. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class LaNola Stone....
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class LaNola Stone | U.S. Coast Guard District 1 PADET New York | 02.04.2017
“Papa Jack” Cowley, a 30-year veteran of the Coast Guard Auxiliary, stands in font of the national ensign as Coast Guardsmen prepare to raise the flag in Woods Hole, Mass., Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017. The station’s flagpole was erected because of Cowley’s initiative and is dedicated to him, as written on the plaque, “for his selfless and zealous service to Group Woods Hole.” U.S. Coast......
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard District 1 | 01.05.2017
Coast Guard Capt. Richard Schultz, sector commander of Sector Southeastern New England, presents Jack Cowley with a challenge coin and a letter from the First Coast Guard District Admiral on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017 in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Cowley retired from the Coast Guard Auxiliary after about 20 years of service. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Cmdr. Jeannot Smith)...
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard District 1 | 01.05.2017
Capt. Richard Schultz, sector commander of Sector Southeastern New England, presents Jack Cowley with the Coast Guard Auxiliary Achievement Medal on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017 in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Cowley retired from the Auxiliary after about 20 years of service. (U.S Coast Guard photo by Cmdr. Jeannot Smith)...
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ross Ruddell | U.S. Coast Guard District 1 | 08.10.2015
Jack Cowley poses for this picture at Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England on Monday, Aug. 10, 2015 in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Cowley retired from the Coast Guard Auxiliary after about 20 years of service. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ross Ruddell)...
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class LaNola Stone | U.S. Coast Guard District 1 PADET New York | 03.13.2009
Jack Cowley poses for a photograph in his Marine Corps uniform while home on Christmas leave in Quincy, Mass., December 1941. Shortly after leave, Cowley was deployed to his first overseas assignment in Guadalcanal in the South Pacific during WWII....
