Lt. James Crotty’s remains were laid to rest in Buffalo, New York, Nov. 2, 2019. Crotty was stationed in the Philippines in 1941 was taken prisoner and died July 1942. He was buried in a mass grave with other service members. On Sept. 19, 2019, Lt. Crotty’s remains were identified, and returned home. Narration done by Doctor William Thiesen, Atlantic Area Historian. U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Adam Stanton.
Hunting and fishing is about more than just putting food on the table and it’s bigger than a weekend hobby. It’s about solitude and becoming one with nature. The solitary and cold weather can be a relaxing experience enjoyed again and again, but it also contains dangerous elements that can lead to a life-threatening situation.
Petty Officer 2nd Class Malerie Bell, a boatswains mate on the Angela McShan, poses for a picture following the commissioning of Coast Guard Cutter Angela McShan on October 26, 2019 at Cape May, New Jersey. The McShan is the 35th fast response cutter to be commissioned in the Coast Guard. The namesake of the cutter is Angela McShan, the first female African American master chief in the history of the Coast Guard. (U.S. Coast Guard photo taken...
Legacy's Shadow: Rising Hearts from a Sunken Ship, is a story of a Purple Heart Medal being posthumously award to a Coast Guardsman killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918 during World War I aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Tampa that was torpedoed while conducting a convoy escort in Bristol Channel. More than 100 years later members of the Coast Guard still remember and hold a ceremony in honor of their fallen shipmates who made the ultimate...
Two barges are lodged beneath the I-10 San Jacinto River Bridge, after nine barges broke away from their moorings at the San Jacinto River Fleet in Houston, Sept. 20, 2019. A unified command consisting of the Coast Guard, Texas Department of Transportation, Texas General Land Office, and Canal Barge Company is responding. (U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 1st Class Andrew Zimmerman)
Coast Guard and salvage crews extracted the remaining four Golden Ray crew members Sept. 9, 2019, in St. Simons Sound near Brunswick, Georgia. The crew members were transported by a Coast Guard Station Brunswick 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boat crew to Glenn County EMS for further medical evaluation. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Coast Guard Station Brunswick)
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — A Coast Guard aircrew medevaced a 65-year-old man with reported breathing difficulty from a tanker vessel 265 miles southeast of Wilmington, N.C., Friday.
