This interview was conducted as part of a series created by Kai Fairhall (an 8th grader at the time of the interviews) as part of an Eagle Scout project he undertook with cooperation from the Clopper-Michael American Legion Post 10 here in Boonsboro. To see more in the series, click HERE.
2nd Class Engineman U.S. Coast Guard
Born in: Washington DC, 1938
Service military active duty: 1957 to 1959
Service in auxiliary: 1959 to 1965
Branch: Coast Guard
Basic training: Cape May, NJ
Stationed in: Curtis Bay, Baltimore, MD
Patrolled from: Newfoundland to Bermuda
Duty Details:
1st Duty Station: 4 months as a fireman at the Training Station firehouse
2nd Duty Station: 8 months aboard a 327ft Coast Guard Cutter patrolling the Atlantic Coast from newfoundland to Bermuda with stops at Newport, Rhode Island, Norfolk, Virginia and Jacksonville, Florida.
3rd Duty Station: 1 year at Curtis Bay Coast Guard station in Baltimore, Maryland. Served on a 40ft patrol boat with 4 hour shifts patrolling the harbor. Also boarded and inspected tankers and freighters coming in from European countries during the “Cold War” years. Completed 4 hour shifts as a Shore Patrol, a military policeman in the habor area.
4th Duty Station: Stayed in the Coast Guard Reserves for the next six years. Going to meetings once a month and two weeks of training per year at various Coast Guard sites.
