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As Escanaba moved in to pick up survivors, the men designated for this operation got the rescue equipment ready. Rednour was one of these men. Lines were cut and made ready for hauling helpless men aboard. Sea ladders were placed so that they would be readily available when needed. Heaving lines were made ready, the cargo net was dropped, ready for use, and Escanaba’s retrievers put on their rubber suits with lines made fast to them.
Storekeeper Second Class Richard Swanson was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for his role in the February 3, 1943 rescue of 93 survivors from the S.S. Dorchester after their ship was torpedoed off the coast of Greenland. (U.S. Coast Guard photo) Earlier this week, Storekeeper Second Class Richard N. Swanson was awarded the
Post written by William H. Thiesen, Ph.D, Coast Guard Atlantic Area Historian Ensign Joe Tezanos (U.S. Coast Guard photo) In the spring of 1942, 22-year-old Joseph Tezanos, a factory worker and Spanish immigrant, enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard. His life would change forever. By the end of the decade, Tezanos would be a highly
Guardians medevaced a hunter off of Burnt Mountain in Oregon yesterday. A helicopter from Air Station North Bend was deployed to rescue the man who had an injured leg and bring him to a local hospital. Story here Local law enforcement assisted Guardians in the rescue of two German divers off the coast of Sanibel