Coast Guard Honors CGC White Alder Crew

WHITE CASTLE, LA, UNITED STATES

12.07.2016

Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Travis Magee        

U.S. Coast Guard District 8       

Coast Guard members and family of the men who were lost aboard Coast Guard Cutter White Alder came together December 7, 2016, to honor the 17 Coast Guard personnel who lost their lives when the cutter sank and was subsequently buried in the Mississippi River, December 7, 1968.
A private ceremony was held at the incident site, as well as, a public ceremony at the USS KIDD Veterans Museum in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

• Date Taken: 12.07.2016
• Date Posted: 12.09.2016 17:25
• Category: Package
• Video ID: 498852
• VIRIN: 161208-G-AS553-001
• Filename: DOD_103926513
• Length: 00:01:28
• Location: WHITE CASTLE, LA, US