Coast Guard naming cutter after father who served heroically in World War II

It's kind of a cool story. He earned the Bronze Star at Saipan in WW2 and his family had absolutely no idea until the Coast Guard called a couple years ago to let them know this was happening. "It must be a scam, just don't send them any money." Just a nice group of people learning more about their dad.
 
My roots are from LI and after reading the story, told my spouse, what a typical New Yorker response, "must be a scam". Pretty cool story of what he did.
 
DW’s family is from Long Island going back to the Dutch colonial days and her grandfather served in the Coast Guard in WWII. No heroics as far as we know. But maybe a Coast Guard cutter will turn up with his name on it. LOL
 
AF6872 said:
Always thought there should be an EDDIE ALBERT. Tarawa not just Green Acres.
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Was in the US Navy at the time of Tarawa but had enlisted into the USCG.

Also allegedly a spy for the US prior to WW2. Which meant he took pictures as he traveled the world and gave those pictures to US intelligence.

He was actually a fairly famous entertainer before WW2.
 
Small Team Bacsi said:
Was in the US Navy at the time of Tarawa but had enlisted into the USCG.

Also allegedly a spy for the US prior to WW2. Which meant he took pictures as he traveled the world and gave those pictures to US intelligence.

He was actually a fairly famous entertainer before WW2.
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www.military.com

Famous Veteran: Eddie Albert

Eddie Albert worked as a trapeze performer, insurance salesman and nightclub singer before turning to acting.
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Like my father Bombardier Navigator, and retired NYFD LT. Never mentioned it. Did tell a story about standing in formation at Fire Department when 109 was called out and half the group called out ME-109.:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
 
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Wilco said:
Great story. I recently re-read EB Sledge With the Old Breed, and the background of Mr. Sutphin, and his apparent lifelong reticence on his experiences just seems to reflect the attitude of so many of that "very much missed" generation.

https://www.amazon.com/Old-Breed-At-Peleliu-Okinawa/dp/0195067142​

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Great book.

And when I read the book I not only saw WW2 greatest generation Marines, I saw all those infantry combat vets that came before and all of those that have come since.

There was nothing special about Sledges combat Marines. In fact they were IMO quite typical .

The only thing in the book I saw that you would not see today was future long time senator Capt Paul Douglas , crawling around the front lines under fire .

Douugla could have gotten a naval commission that would have kept him in DC or similar during the war—-instead he enlisted as a USMC private and when he graduated boot camp as a lowly enlisted Marine he was 50 years old.
 
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