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Jan. 31, 2025
Hero William Hart’s stolen Gold Lifesaving Medal
Hart was recognized for the rescue of a crewman from the Tug Thomas Tracy.
Aug. 16, 2024
Hero without a headstone
Forgotten Keeper Joseph Doyle and his Gold Lifesaving Medal rescues.
March 29, 2024
Joseph Napier — Heroic Surfman, Gold Lifesaving Medal recipient and FRC namesake
For his heroism, Napier received the first Gold Lifesaving Medal issued by the U.S. Life-Saving Service, forerunner of the modern Coast Guard.
Aug. 13, 2021
The Long Blue Line: Rasmus gets the Gold for individual heroism in a hurricane rescue!
A heroic rescue adapted from the U.S. Life-Saving Service Annual Report of the U.S. Life-Saving Service, 1900, pp. 25-28.
March 18, 2021
The Long Blue Line: Cleveland hero, cutter namesake, double Gold Lifesaving Medal recipient Frederick Hatch
Part I. His Gold Medal as Surfman