You may not know this but two hundred and thirty one thousand men and 10,000 women served in the Coast Guard during World War II. Besides piloting many Naval vessels and Coast Guard cutters during the War, the most important warrelated job was planning and executing waterlanding operations. It was the men from the Coast Guard who piloted those small Higgins boats, transporting Marines and soldiers from ship to shore during famous amphibious assaults like Guadalcanal and DDay in Normandy.

And out of those two hundred thirty thousand servicemen who served on both oceans in World War Two, only one Coast Guard member earned America’s highest military award, the Medal of Honor.

This is the amazing story of Douglas Munro, next on Marking History.

00:01 Intro
01:06 Historical Marker
01:55 Early Days
03:11 Enlists in the Coast Guard
05:49 Guadalcanal
11:06 Medal of Honor
12:22 Edith Munro enlists in the Coast Guard to honor her son
13:07 Munro Legacy

Thanks to the US Coast Guard Motion Picture & Television Office for support.
Thanks to Scott Price USCG Historian for support.
Thanks to Bill Speer, Military History for script and video review.

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