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Even there it was not safe, for in a few moments the captain was washed away and drowned. This made the boat almost unmanageable, but with strong and steady pulling of five of the oars they managed to keep going and soon were beyond the heaviest line of surf. The seas were coming so strong that the after end of the house began to sag, so we had to get out of there. Instead, they, with the exception of the keeper, were students of Northwestern Academy (later Northwestern University). Since 1874, over 600 Gold Lifesaving Medals have been awarded.</p><p> Comes in a clear plastic . ", May 7, 1937 - Grey's Harbor LBS, WA - Awardee(s): BN (L) Hilman J. Persson, MOMM (L) Roy I. Anderson, MOMM1 Jesse W. Mathews, Surfman Daniel K. Hamaleinen, Surfman Roy N. Woods. The lifesaving crew, with the aid of the officers and the men of the lightship, tried three different t times during the day to haul the boat alongside to get the remains of the sailor and free the boat of water, but the gale and sea made it impossible to do so without running the risk of killing some one. In order to get quickly away from his dangerous proximity to the barge, Keeper Eldridge commanded Surfman Chase to cut the painter. The sailors got hold of it and fastened it to the fore and main rigging. The round trip required ten miles’ travel over the flooded country. Only a few of the more daring of the fishing boats in the vicinity had ventured out. As nothing could be done to save the wreck, the keeper pushed off quickly with a view of gaining the land before darkness should shut down. Again both set out, but when about 50 yards on the way a very heavy sea hurled Greenland against an old pile, doing him considerable injury, then swept him to the land. No men ever better deserved the token by which the nation commemorates such deeds of valor and charity. His civilian awards include an Oregon Governors Award, the City of Newport, Oregon, Valor Award and the Newport Chamber of Commerce Award for Civil Action. August 11, 1947 - USS Henley (DD-762) - Awardee(s): S2 Richard C. Gillett, USCG. It had shifted to the westward and cut down the surf considerably. Upon getting to the station, about 9 o’clock, and learning that they were out, concluded it was the surf-boat I had seen, and went to the light-house after Mr. Shaw to accompany me to where the boat was drifting in. It is needless to remark that it shows throughout, in both the active and passive form, the traits of a generous heroism. Surfman John Van Brunt tried to get to one, but the driftwood knocked him off his feet. Throughout the long, tedious night the surfmen suffered greatly in their open boat from exposure, fatigue, and hunger. He reached the ice floe and took three fishermen into the skiff and returned with them to solid ice. The remaining crewmen were co-pilot LT Arthur J, Hesford, CPHM Thomas A. Montgomery, and RM1 John E. Reiley. Preparations were immediately made for firing a line to the wreck. As soon as everything was all right, they were drawn safely ashore, Hatch being the sixteenth and last man to be rescued. On board were Captain Andrew Welsh, master, Captain Benjamin Mallows, marine underwriter, and Captain Elmer F. Mayo of Chatham, in charge of wrecking operations. The names of the six gallant volunteers assisted with this rescue were William L. Chadwick, Isaac Osborn, David B, Fisher, David B. Clayton, Abner R. Clayton, and Abner Herbert. After remaining aloft for several hours, Slinning and Lundmark were rescued by the Point Adams Life-Saving Station crew. On 5 April 1951, at St. George's Reef Light Station, Crescent City, CA, the station's motor launch, with five men aboard, was being lowered preparatory to a trip ashore when it capsized by heavy seas, throwing the men into the water. After partaking of a warm supper, the crew proceeded with the boat to Lakeside and thence, by train, to Windsor Beach. He was swimming frantically, but drifting rapidly astern. There still remained upon the vessel three men so bruised and exhausted that they were unable to do as the others had done. The Gold Lifesaving Medal was authorized by an act of Congress in 1874. We let the boat astern on 50 fathoms of 4-inch rope. The LSS and the Revenue Cutter Service were merged to become the U.S. Coast Guard within the They sledded an old leaky flat-bottomed fish-boat to the scene. Other members of the station crew assisted the men in landing. The eighteen on board found themselves in a terrible situation. The visibility was also very poor and hampered the progress of the lifeboat that could at no time be forced to a speed greater than 600 revolutions. Yet not a man quailed. In retracing the distance along the coast, the master steered too far to the westward and grounded on the outer shoals of Hog Island. "Mr. Samuel McFarland makes the following statement: "’I am a farmer, and was working on the farm about one-fourth of a mile from where the surfboat came ashore, when I heard gulls screeching, as I supposed, several times, but paid no attention to it. Found inside – Page 90The Gold Lifesaving Medal presented posthumously to the Pea Island crew in 1996 . Etheridge and his crew at the Pea Island Lifesaving Station received the ... Completely disregarding his own personal safety, Dean dived into the turbulent waters and swam to the aid of a woman who was floating face down, he towed her to the CG-52312 and assisted in getting her aboard where artificial respiration was administered. She, therefore, went back to Astoria. In a letter forwarding the medal, the Secretary of the Treasury closed with the following paragraph: The gold medal of the Life-Saving Service is provided by law for bestowal, in the judgment of the Secretary of the Treasury, upon such persons as perform the most heroic acts in saving life from the perils of the sea, and therefore bears the testimony that your services upon the occasion above named were of the most meritorious character--self-sacrificing, skillful, and courageous--at the jeopardy of your own life. BMC (L) Moore, seeing Gollob’s danger, plunged in to his assistance and he too was thrown into the jetty. One of the most thrilling episodes of the Cleveland Life-Saving Station (Ninth District) occurred on 11 November 1884. November 29, 1909 - Cape Hatteras LSS, NC - Awardee(s): Keeper E.H. Peel, Surfman No. The above named warrant officer BN (L) Hilman J. Persson and his crew unhesitatingly risked their lives in order to rescue the crew of Trinidad. Making one end of the line fast about your arm, you dashed into the lake, accompanied by Greenland, but had not proceeded far when you were both thrown back upon the beach. With their cork life-belts providing sufficient buoyancy, the poor fellows now had to exert their energy to avoid being struck by one of the timbers. Had the boat been two seconds earlier or later, the sea would have broken ahead of her, or she would have passed over it before breaking; but upon straightening up the boat there was no time left to back or dodge. The windows framed the haggard faces of 10 despairing men. About two hours later a surface vessel arrived on the scene and, after a search of approximately two hours, the raft bearing ADC Miller, AM3 Hewitt, and the five Navy survivors was located and the personnel taken aboard the vessel. On the first attempt two heavy breakers caught the boat astern and almost upended her, turning her completely around. Thence they worked their way among the wreckage picking up persons swimming and afloat on flotsam. Shortly thereafter, they started for the beach. It struck the rocks a number of times and was buffeted along at the mercy of the waves. They were carried to the cabin and stripped, their noses and throats were freed of oil, and their limbs chafed. Keeper Chase and his six- man crew The first thought, notwithstanding the huge surf, was to launch the boat, it being at hand upon the beach, but as the attempt was about to be made the keeper saw the schooner’s head fall off to the southward and the vessel driving before the gale, indicating that her chains had parted, and with this came the inevitable conclusion that she must strike upon the ragged ledges east of the station, about one hundred and fifty feet off shore, and, therefore, that the only hope of rescuing her people lay in the gun and line. As soon as the lookout reached the top of the mill, he discovered the schooner in the distance. For a few moments he was struggling in the water, then fell upon some driftwood. I got out only a quarter of a mile from the cape. Just as soon as we got within about 100 yards of the vessel one of the men jumped and was Quickly rescued. On 25-26 November 1888 a furious nor’easter swept the New England coast. Shortly after 5 o’clock on the morning of 7 January 1913, the 2,976-ton Associated Oil Co.’s steamer Rosecrans, stranded on Peacock Spit at the entrance to the Columbia River. The rock indicated above, was reached by the life-saving crew between seas, and then a man who had jumped from the wreck was seen struggling in the water. The wreck afforded practically no lee and there was a considerable the danger of running alongside the wreck. He could barely distinguish her through the thick mist that prevailed. At daylight on 27 July, they saw that they were half a mile from the shore about six miles south of Long Branch, NJ. The ill-fated craft dragged some distance further. Two shots were fired, but each fell a long distance inshore of the vessel. The boat was now shoved off the slab of deck on which it partly lay and cautiously maneuvered toward land. This wreck produced the most protracted suffering for those on board and involved loss of life. Gold Life Saving Medal for rescuing one person and attempting to rescue a second. November 14, 1919 - Grand Marais LBS, MI - Awardee(s): John O. Anderson, Alfred E. Kristofferson, Leon E. Alford, George Olsen, Glen Wells, Edward J. Spencer, Russell Martin, William Campbell, Joseph G. McShea. Bending all their energies to the task, the lifesavers picked up every body, living or dead, from out the mass of wreckage. The two tugs, unable to do anything further, sought safety behind the breakwater. Out of Buffalo, NY she wrecked off Fort Sheridan, IL during one of the region’s fiercest blizzards. The superior intelligence, remarkable strength, and courageous daring of Surfman Ingar Olsen resulted in the rescue of the lone survivor. After clearing the surf line, he set off flares to attract attention to the scene and then proceeded to Depoe Bay. The most experienced beachman said that he never saw a time when the chances of rescue seemed so improbable. With the assistance of a line brought by one of the enlisted men, Yeandle slid down the 15 or 20 feet to the water on a barnacle-covered pile. The first shot was successful, carrying the line just abaft the fore rigging. The terrible sea and wind drove back the boat, half-filled with water and with her crew drenched. His actions took a livelier turn, however. On 16 August 1918 the British steamship SS Mirlo, proceeding northward along the Atlantic coast, struck a mine laid by U-117about 1 mile off the Wimble Shoal buoy, abreast of the Chicamacomico Coast Guard Station. He called together a crew of sturdy fishermen and got the society’s surfboat, the R.B. Grave apprehensions existed on shore lest they be lost. Coker was taken with cramps in his arm and leg and, therefore, could not carry the ring buoy. The life-saving crew first tried to go directly around the cape. The sea and wind were so heavy that it was found the boat could not live if pulled against them, and at the first fair chance it was quickly got before the wind, and rowed for Nantucket, eleven miles distant, where it arrived with its burden by noon. Striking upon the shoals at intervals, she filled with water and finally grounded five hundred yards from the beach. He could see nothing of them or of the wreck, but dismounting and proceeding toward the edge of the bank he soon made out a part of a vessel, with the forms of several persons crouching upon it, about a hundred yards distant. Quartermaster Peters testified that when he came on deck about 4 am to relieve Slinning, he saw a white light well off the starboard bow which was taken to be the Cape Disappointment Light. She was covered with a glare of ice. At this time the sea was rough, there was a strong breeze blowing, and the ship was rolling approximately 30 degrees. Alerted to the possibility of three children trapped under the boat, Petty Officer DeGroot jumped into the 6-foot swells, swam to the overturned vessel, and repeatedly dove under the boat as it pounded against the seawall, searching for the missing children. Being so far off, however, it was clear that communication could not be effected with the beach-apparatus. The care and patience observed by the men in their operations were no less remarkable. From that location a boat going to the assistance of the tug would have the wind dead astern. § 500. Nearing retirement, CBS’s Charles Kuralt also featured McAdams on national television. The rapidly multiplying evidences of disaster urged him on. ADC Joseph M. Miller, Jr. and AM3 Hewitt also retrieved a raft and picked up five other Navy survivors. As to the responsibility for the disaster, the investigating officer reported: No other conclusion can be reached by me than that the disaster resulted from poor judgment and carelessness on the part of those who were responsible for the navigation and safety of the Rosecrans. Joining hands and forming a living chain, the rescuers rushed into the water. October 10, 1903 - Virginia Beach LSS, VA - Awardee(s): Surfman W.N. He fell shortly afterwards, struck an iron stanchion, and dropped into the sea. Gold Life Saving Medals. Soon after, about 6 o’clock, Keeper Patterson was patrolling the beach and saw the boat through the rain and mist. When the poor fellows were carried to the marine hospital in Portland for treatment, they soon came round. After the capsize of Defender, darkness, a dense fog, and the increasing sea on the reef prevented anything more from being accomplished by boats until daylight. He chose a crew of fresh men, declining to receive on board Keeper Atkins and several members of his crew who pleaded to be allowed to go. The U.S. Coast Guard will be on hand to help present the medal in a ceremony on Wednesday, July 23. On 6 December 1911 E. H. Peel, keeper of Creeds Hill (N. C.) Life-Saving Station and B.B. 1 and acting keeper of the Cape Hatteras (N. C.) Life-Saving Station, each received the Gold Lifesaving Medal for their assistance in rescuing the crew of the German steamer Brewster. Then another man--John Slinning-- jumped and was rescued in the same manner. Captain Parsons declined to permit him to do so, however, and decided to move every man in the boat to his vessel. His efficiency upon occasions of shipwreck was always at the acme, but during 1878 he achieved, in two signal instances, rescues so splendid as to deserve the commemoration of the Gold Lifesaving Medal, which was conferred upon him. The crews of the Durant’s, Creed’s Hill, and Cape Hatteras Stations saw her but it impossible for them to do anything. Unable to fire a line because the high water prevented the Lyle Gun’s deployment, Etheridge directed two surfmen to bind themselves together with a line. Due to high winds and a rough sea, the rescue was both very difficult and extremely dangerous. When the disaster occurred the wind was blowing at 50 miles per hour and there was a thick fog. At this critical moment, two towering seas raced down upon the boat from over the bow. 4 reloaded the cart with the apparatus and lines, arrived at the station by five o’clock in the morning. The rest followed one by one. She was no sooner fast than the sea mounted her bulwarks and swept all over her. The captain was especially exhausted. As you two were about to start upon this hazardous enter p rise you were warned by experienced men that you could not live to accomplish it, but, nothing daunted, you simply replied: ‘‘Wait until we try; he can not come to us; we will try to go to him.". The second shot had better fortune, carrying the line between the fore-stay and jib halyards. The Big Kinnakeet crew, nearly all of whom were at the Hatteras Station, set out at once for their own station to get their boat. The sea had risen during the night and the heavy surf was beating on the shore. When the lifesavers arrived at the wreck, the seas were breaking clear over her, at times hiding her from view. A long sapling was found and extended out to the boulder, by means of which the 18 men were assisted, one by one, to make the crossing. In one instance Surfman Maxwell leaped overboard and supported two struggling survivors until the boat could be maneuvered into a position to rescue them. The third sailor from the wreck was on his way when the sea tore him from his hold. Upon arrival at the scene it was established that the wind was 25 to 30 knots, sea 8 to 12 feet high and very steep with crests approximately every 150 to 200 feet moving with a speed estimated at 15 knots. SN Giese's outstanding courage, initiative, fortitude, and unwavering devotion to duty, while endangering his life during this attempted rescue, reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Coast Guard. Weather conditions grew worse, the gale having now attained almost the velocity of a hurricane and the seas became miniature mountains. It was blowing a gale, with a heavy sea running, and the night very dark. That others might live to see home and friends. Although they approached somewhat nearer the stranded steamer, it was impossible to reach her. The sea anchor line was carried away and the anchor lost. Their engine stopped and their boat, swept helplessly along, turned turtle. Her mainmast, which was about 120 feet long, was ultimately placed as a flagstaff on an elevation over­looking the ocean where she was destroyed. A few minutes later, when just outside the bar, a heavy sea capsized her and threw the occupants into the surf. Sensing the danger, Minzy immediately departed the CG-36489 in the rowboat, and although thwarted by the heavy seas on his first attempt, finally landed on the rocky shore. Permenter pulled him aboard and then attempted to pick up a fourth man who was obviously dead. Finding himself unable to get back to the boat and feeling the chill of the water beginning to numb his senses, he too struck out for land. Minzy, attached to Cape Elizabeth Lifeboat Station, was a crewmember aboard the CG-36489, dispatched from Base Portland, with a 15-foot rowboat in tow, to remove the stranded fishermen. Found inside – Page 6413.01–5 Gold and Silver Lifesaving Medals . ... In order for a person to be eligible for a Lifesaving Medal the rescue or attempted rescue must take place ... Being a very powerful swimmer, he decided his best plan was to reach the beach and send word back to the city regarding the real position of the Hanalei and to explain the necessity for the immediate forwarding of the beach apparatus gear. Both lifeboats were ice-logged. His assistant, Staples, also suffering from the cold, retreated to the signal-house to warm himself, leaving the keeper alone. December 22, 1888 - San Francisco LSS, CA - Awardee(s): Surfman John Regnier. Having wrapped the woman in the keeper’s overcoat and provided her with mittens, the lifesavers managed to place all hands safely into the surfboat. Once Rollins was pulled under the water by a panicky seaman, but in spite of this incident, Rollins succeeded in bringing the man to shore. Impact with the water caused the left wing tip float struts to collapse, leaving the float banging against the wing. March 14, 1920 - USCGC Acushnet - Awardee(s): LCDR James Pine, Charles Hansen. He appeared on numerous television programs. After each trip two different surfmen replaced those who had just returned. At 8 PM a motor truck was placed at the disposal of Keeper Nelson of the Golden Gate Station, and, having loaded the beach apparatus gear on the truck, he and his crew of seven men crossed the bay to Sausalito and proceeded overland to the scene of the wreck. The schooner’s hull was almost buried in the water which rushed over her and her crew of six men who were up in the fore-rigging, clinging for life. The tug did not dare swing around and attempt to pick her up. They tied a line to the wreck and surveyed the situation. This was a circumstance so exceptional under such conditions, that it may be noted to be little less than miraculous. Heavy seas swept her decks and she had begun to break up. Both power lifeboats attempted to reach the lee side of the wreck. Yet nobly, they stuck to their work. Reynolds used his own body to fend Gray from the side of the ship, and held him around the waist until both were hauled aboard. All hands were on the lookout for him. It appears that while engaged in effecting this extraordinary rescue, involving very great courage, physical exertion, and mental anxiety, you were considerably injured by coming in contact with a floating telegraph pole, that passed over you two or three times, inflicting heavy blows upon your back. Enroute he was joined by two fellow Coast Guardsmen whom he directed to assist a civilian rescuer who was being swept out to sea. LT Stanley C. Linholm immediately had the plane V-131 up and ready to go. In recognition of his extraordinary merits, the Secretary of the Treasury bestowed upon him the Gold Lifesaving Medal, awarded only to those who display the most extreme and heroic daring in saving life from the perils of the sea. The water temperature was 'later determined to be 62 degrees F.  Several passes were made over the survivors who were on a life raft which was only partially inflated. The vessel continued to drag her anchors to the south and the heroic march along her flank and through the floods and sluices began. He has the sympathy of the entire community, including the friends and relatives of his dead crew, in his present trouble.". The lifesaving crew had spent twenty-eight hours in an open boat without food and their limbs cramped with cold. An Act of Congress dated June 18, 1878 made changes to the original design, making the medal smaller and omitting the inscription. He then told Child to throw himself toward the boat when the next wave passed and that he would take him in. They arrived at the starting point about 9:30 PM on 15 December. Defying the deadly current, Mr. Mauro grasped the young victim and was in the process of taking her to safety, when three panicking adult victims grabbed him to avoid being sucked under the barge themselves. Gold Life Saving Medal Military Ribbon. Since the mid-20th century, the Navy and Marine Corps Medal has been awarded instead of the Silver or Gold Lifesaving Medal, for rescues at sea. Here the master came to an anchor, but the increasing force of adverse elements proved irresistible and the vessel drifted before the wind. January 1, 1933 - Coast Guard Seaplane Arcturus, Air Station Miami - Awardee(s): LCDR Carl C. von Paulsen, LT William L. Foley, ACMM James R. Orndorff, Jr., AMM1 William D. Pinkston, RM3 Thomas S. McKenzie. The ice was in a very dangerous condition and only a short time afterward, two men fell through the ice and drowned, while crossing during the night. The life-saving crew closely watched the two vessels. An entrance was soon cleared with the axe and they obtained a suitable line. They were both badly frostbitten, but as the storm made it impossible to remove them to the more comfortable keeper’s dwelling until the following morning. This step proved disastrous and made the rescue of those on board a task of stupendous difficulty. The first clamor of the public press against the efficiency of the service was, as usual, hysterical in character and unjust. Thus was accomplished one of the most daring rescues by the Life-Saving Service since its organization. He had driven back again to town, with the assent of Keeper Atkins, to send a whaleboat to the scene for service. He immediately rushed in, dragged him ashore, placed him in the lee of a sand hill, and started to the station for aid. On another run up alongside, the mate jumped for the boat, fell partly overboard, and then was hauled in. January 21, 1892 - Coskata LSS, MA - Awardee(s): Keeper Walter N. Chase. A whale-boat was then procured at that place, teamed to Eel Point, and launched and rowed to Muskegit Island, which, like Tuckernuck, is west of Nantucket. Found inside – Page 142Medal of Honor (Army, Navy, and Air Force) Distinguished Service Cross Navy ... Medal of Freedom Gold Lifesaving Medal Medal for Merit Silver Lifesaving ... Taking note of her bearings by the compass, he again launched. Like the Gold award it is inscribed on the back with the words "Act of Congress August 4 . Johnson and his crew for the promptness with which they came to the aid of the steamer San Albano and for saving twenty-six men and the cat. She stuck fast until very shortly she became a complete wreck. Gillett had swallowed an approximate 500 cc of saltwater and was treated for complete exhaustion and shock. Wreckers were engaged to lighter the cargoes and float the barges. Without any additional lines, the keeper decided to resort to the surfboat. J.J. 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