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Has a Coast Guardsman been awarded the Medal of Honor?

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Munro, the first and only member of the U.S. Coast Guard to receive the Medal of Honor, had been aboard the the seaplane tender Ballard. read more

Signalman 1st Class Douglas A. Munro was killed in action on 22 September 1942. He was a crewman on a Higgins boat, part of a Coast Guard Flotilla evacuating US Marines from Point Cruz, Guadalcanal. He was posthumously awarded the US Coast Guards only WW2 Medal of Honor. read more

Douglas Albert Munro (October 11, 1919 – September 27, 1942) is the only member of the United States Coast Guard to have received the Medal of Honor, the United States's highest military award. read more

Since the formation of a separate Air Force in 1947 there have been eighteen recipients. read more

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