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US Coast Guard Memorial

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1. US Coast Guard Memorial

Inscription.

US Coast Guard Memorial. . SM 1/c Douglas A. Munro Medal of Honor For Extraordinary Heroism and Conspicuous Gallantry in Action Above and Beyond The Call of Duty. “They gallantly gave up their lives in defence of our country”. Alcorn, John, F1c · Barnhart, Edmund J., S1c · Bermuda, Jack W., SM2c · Blaney, Anthony, Cox · Brooke, Julius C., RM2c · Brooks, Leone BM1c · Burke, Edward F., S1c · Burr, Leland M., Jr., Lt. Cdr. · Capehart, Bert L., Y1c · Caudill, John E., S1c · Centofanti, Enio J., S1c · Davis, Cecil G. BM1c · Fritch, Rollin A., S1c · Glowacki, Stanley A. · Hoyt, Robert G. SM3c · Hughes, Charles J., S1c · Jaroz, Roman J., MOMM3c · Kehn, Charles R., S1c · King, Sam W., Cox · Larue, Donald · Martin, Ralph E., S2c · Marshall, William J. Jr., S1c · Maxwell, Allan A., SM3c · Moore, Bobby R., S1c · Munro, Douglas A., SM1c · Nemeth, John J., EM3c · Owens, Thomas E., S1c · Parker, Robert J., S1c · Pettit, George E., S1c · Pimm, Henry G. Jr., SM2c · Plummer, Weldon M., S1c · Proeger, Walter R. · Ritter, Warner W., S1c · Rowe, Jack E. · Sacco, Anthony E. · Schohl, Charles F., QM2c · Siebert, Harry L.. BM2c · Seutter, Donald J.E., SC2c · Stickney, Charles M., BM1c · Tafalio, Alfredo T., CST · Wardlaw, Roy E. Jr., F1c · Watts, William F., SM2c · Williams, Glenn W., BM2c · Wright, Everett L., S1c , USS Hunter Liggett APA 14 Invasion – Date Guadalcanal – Tulagi – 8/7/1942 Defense of Guadalcanal – 11/4/1942 Solomon Islands – 4/7/1943 Bougainville Operation – 11/1/1943 5 Shipmates Killed In Action 12 Shipmates Wounded Downed 6 enemy planes. , USS Samuel Chase APA 26 Invasion - Date Algiers, North Africa - 11/8/1942 Gela, Sicily - 7/9/1943 Salerno, Italy - 9/9/1943 Omaha Beach D-Day- 6/6/1944 Southern France - 8/15/1944 Landed First Troops In Tokyo - 9/8/1945 Otaru Hokkaido - 10/6/1945 USNCB Tsingtao China - 11/15/1945 I Shipmate Killed In Action 2 Shipmates Wounded Downed 3 Enemy Planes. , USS Joseph T. Dickman APA 13 Invasion - Date Fedala, North Africa - 11/8/1942 Gela, Sicily - 7/10/1943 Salerno, Italy - 9/9/1943 Normandy D-Day - 6/6/1944 Southern France - 8/15/1944 Okinawa - 4/1/1945 5 Shipmates Killed In Action 35 Shipmates Wounded Downed 6 Enemy Planes. , USS Arthur Middleton APA 25 Invasion -Date Amchitka - 1/12/1943 Tarawa - 11/20/1943 Kwajalein - 1/31/1944 Eniwetok - 2/17/1944 Saipan - 6/15/1944 Leyte - 10/20/1944 Lingayen Gulf - 1/9/1945 Okinawa - 4/1/1945 17 Shipmates Wounded. , USS Cambria APA 36 Invasion - Date Marshall Islands - 1/23/1944 Saipan - 6/15/1944 Tinian - 7/24/1944 Leyte - 10/20/1944 Lingayen Gulf - 1/9/1945 Okinawa - 4/1/1945 Landed Troops Nagasaki - 9/23/1945 7 Shipmates Wounded. , USS Cavalier APA 37 Invasion - Date Saipan - 6/16/1944 Tinian - 7/24/1944 Leyte - 10/20/1944 Lingayen Gulf - 1/9/1945 Subic Bay - 1/29/1945 Cavalier was torpedoed in the stern in the South China Sea on 1/30/1945 I Shipmate Killed In Action 58 Shipmates Wounded. , USS Leonard Wood APA 12 Invasion - Date Fedala, North Africa - 11/8/1942 Sicily - 7/9/1943 Gilbert - 11/20/1943 Marshall Islands - 1/30/1944 Eniwetok - 2/17/1944 Saipan - 6/15/1944 Angaur, Carolina Islands - 9/14/1944 Leyte - 10/20/1944 Lingayen Gulf - 1/9/1945 Downed 5 Enemy Planes. , USS Callaway APA 35 Invasion - Date Kwajalein - 1/31/1944 Saipan - 6/15/1944 Angaur - 9/6/1944 Leyte - 10/22/1944 Lingayen Gulf - 1/9/1945 Iwo Jima - 2/19/1945 Hit By Kamikaze plane - 1/8/1945 31 Shipmates Killed In Action 18 Shipmates Wounded Downed 2 Enemy Planes. , USS Bayfield APA 33 Invasion - Date D-Day France - 6/6/1944 Southern France - 8/15/1944 Iwo Jima - 2/19/1945 Okinawa - 4/1/1945 I Shipmate Killed In Action 5 Shipmates Wounded.

SM 1/c Douglas A. Munro
Medal of Honor
For Extraordinary Heroism and Conspicuous
Gallantry in Action Above and Beyond
The Call of Duty “They gallantly gave up their lives
in defence of our country”
Alcorn, John, F1c · Barnhart, Edmund J., S1c · Bermuda, Jack W., SM2c · Blaney, Anthony, Cox · Brooke, Julius C., RM2c · Brooks, Leone BM1c · Burke, Edward F., S1c · Burr, Leland M., Jr., Lt. Cdr. · Capehart, Bert L., Y1c · Caudill, John E., S1c · Centofanti, Enio J., S1c · Davis, Cecil G. BM1c · Fritch, Rollin A., S1c · Glowacki, Stanley A. · Hoyt, Robert G. SM3c · Hughes, Charles J., S1c · Jaroz, Roman J., MOMM3c · Kehn, Charles R., S1c · King, Sam W., Cox · Larue, Donald · Martin, Ralph E., S2c · Marshall, William J. Jr., S1c · Maxwell, Allan A., SM3c · Moore, Bobby R., S1c · Munro, Douglas A., SM1c · Nemeth, John J., EM3c · Owens, Thomas E., S1c · Parker, Robert J., S1c · Pettit, George E., S1c · Pimm, Henry G. Jr., SM2c · Plummer, Weldon M., S1c · Proeger, Walter R. · Ritter, Warner W., S1c · Rowe, Jack E. · Sacco, Anthony E. · Schohl, Charles F., QM2c · Siebert, Harry L.. BM2c · Seutter, Donald J.E., SC2c · Stickney, Charles M., BM1c · Tafalio, Alfredo T., CST · Wardlaw, Roy E. Jr., F1c · Watts, William F., SM2c · Williams, Glenn W., BM2c · Wright, Everett L., S1c

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USS Hunter Liggett
APA 14
Invasion – Date
Guadalcanal – Tulagi – 8/7/1942
Defense of Guadalcanal – 11/4/1942
Solomon Islands – 4/7/1943
Bougainville Operation – 11/1/1943
5 Shipmates Killed In Action
12 Shipmates Wounded
Downed 6 enemy planes

USS Samuel Chase
APA 26
Invasion - Date
Algiers, North Africa - 11/8/1942
Gela, Sicily - 7/9/1943
Salerno, Italy - 9/9/1943
Omaha Beach D-Day- 6/6/1944
Southern France - 8/15/1944
Landed First Troops In Tokyo - 9/8/1945
Otaru Hokkaido - 10/6/1945
USNCB Tsingtao China - 11/15/1945
I Shipmate Killed In Action
2 Shipmates Wounded
Downed 3 Enemy Planes

USS Joseph T. Dickman
APA 13
Invasion - Date
Fedala, North Africa - 11/8/1942
Gela, Sicily - 7/10/1943
Salerno, Italy - 9/9/1943
Normandy D-Day - 6/6/1944
Southern France - 8/15/1944
Okinawa - 4/1/1945
5 Shipmates Killed In Action
35 Shipmates Wounded
Downed 6 Enemy Planes

USS Arthur Middleton
APA 25
Invasion -Date
Amchitka - 1/12/1943
Tarawa - 11/20/1943
Kwajalein - 1/31/1944
Eniwetok - 2/17/1944
Saipan - 6/15/1944
Leyte - 10/20/1944
Lingayen Gulf - 1/9/1945
Okinawa - 4/1/1945
17 Shipmates

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2. US Coast Guard Memorial

Wounded

USS Cambria
APA 36
Invasion - Date
Marshall Islands - 1/23/1944
Saipan - 6/15/1944
Tinian - 7/24/1944
Leyte - 10/20/1944
Lingayen Gulf - 1/9/1945
Okinawa - 4/1/1945
Landed Troops Nagasaki - 9/23/1945
7 Shipmates Wounded

USS Cavalier
APA 37
Invasion - Date
Saipan - 6/16/1944
Tinian - 7/24/1944
Leyte - 10/20/1944
Lingayen Gulf - 1/9/1945
Subic Bay - 1/29/1945
Cavalier was torpedoed in the stern
in the South China Sea on 1/30/1945
I Shipmate Killed In Action
58 Shipmates Wounded

USS Leonard Wood
APA 12
Invasion - Date
Fedala, North Africa - 11/8/1942
Sicily - 7/9/1943
Gilbert - 11/20/1943
Marshall Islands - 1/30/1944
Eniwetok - 2/17/1944
Saipan - 6/15/1944
Angaur, Carolina Islands - 9/14/1944
Leyte - 10/20/1944
Lingayen Gulf - 1/9/1945
Downed 5 Enemy Planes

USS Callaway
APA 35
Invasion - Date
Kwajalein - 1/31/1944
Saipan - 6/15/1944
Angaur - 9/6/1944
Leyte - 10/22/1944
Lingayen Gulf - 1/9/1945
Iwo Jima - 2/19/1945
Hit By Kamikaze plane - 1/8/1945
31 Shipmates Killed In Action
18 Shipmates Wounded
Downed 2 Enemy Planes

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3. US Coast Guard Memorial

Bayfield
APA 33
Invasion - Date
D-Day France - 6/6/1944
Southern France - 8/15/1944
Iwo Jima - 2/19/1945
Okinawa - 4/1/1945
I Shipmate Killed In Action
5 Shipmates Wounded

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, World II • Waterways & Vessels.

Location. 41° 22.51′ N, 72° 6.086′ W. Marker is in New London, Connecticut, in New London County. Memorial can be reached from Mohegan Ave. Pkwy. north of Williams Street, on the right when traveling north. Located near the museum on the campus of the United States Coast Guard Academy. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 31 Mohegan Ave Pkwy, New London CT 06320, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Coast Guard Cutter Alexander Hamilton (here, next to this marker); In Tribute to the Officers and Enlisted Men (here, next to this marker); The United States Coast Guard Greenland Patrol (here, next to this marker); Well Done (here, next to this marker); The Chain (within shouting distance of this marker); USCG Mojave (W-47) (within shouting distance of this marker); Douglas Munro Hall (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Academy Plaza (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in New London.

Also see . . .

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4. US Coast Guard Memorial

1. Douglas Albert Munro (Wikipedia). (Submitted on September 2, 2022, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)
2. The United States Coast Guard Academy. (Submitted on September 2, 2022, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)
3. United States Coast Guard Academy (Wikipedia). (Submitted on September 2, 2022, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)

Credits. This page was last revised on September 2, 2022. It was originally submitted on September 2, 2022, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 119 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 2, 2022, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.