Vice Adm. David Pekoske, the Coast Guard Pacific Area commander, presented the Coast Guard Commendation Award to Walter G. Firestone, a Coast Guard veteran, during an award ceremony today (3/17) in Alameda, California. Firestone received the award for a little known incident in New York City history. He was one of the Coast Guard firefighters who in 1943 battled a fire aboard the S.S. El Estero. The ship was carrying 6,300 tons of munitions and had it exploded, lower Manhattan would have been devastated.
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Thursday, March 19, 2009
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