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Signalman First Class Douglas Albert Munro was 22. In May 1943, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt presented the Medal of Honor to Munro’s parents, James and Edith. A few short hours later, Edith raised her hand, swore an oath, and joined the Coast Guard.
Jul 26, 2018 · Douglas Munro is the only Coast Guardsman with a Medal of Honor (so far). To hundreds of Marines at Guadalcanal on Sept. 27, 1942, he was a savior.
Jul 26, 2019 · During World War II, Coast Guardsman Douglas Munro gave his life so a detachment of 500 Marines could live. He was honored with the Medal of Honor for his actions and is the only member of the Coast Guard awarded the medal.
Douglas Albert Munro (October 11, 1919 – September 27, 1942) was a United States Coast Guardsman who was posthumously decorated with the Medal of Honor for an act of "extraordinary heroism" during World War II. He is the only person to have received the medal for actions performed during service in the Coast Guard.
Apr 19, 2022 · MONROE, La. ( KTVE/KARD) — On December 26, 2021, the Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office responded to a shooting on Burg Jones Lane at the intersection of Thelma Street in Monroe, La. During the...
Mar 31, 2022 · The practice paid off when the Cle Elum Junior Drum and Bugle Corps won the national championship in 1934. Doug Munro was an “outgoing young man who liked everybody he met with a few exceptions. He was fun to be around and we had some great … times together” (USCG, n.d.).
James Monroe ( / mənˈroʊ / mən-ROH; April 28, 1758 – July 4, 1831) was an American statesman, lawyer, diplomat, and Founding Father who served as the fifth president of the United States from 1817 to 1825, a member of the Democratic-Republican Party.
