CHATHAM, Mass. - Rear Adm. Daniel Neptun (right), the First Coast Guard District commander, gives a speech during a memorial service for Chief Petty Officer Richard Patterson at Coast Guard Station Chatham, Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Patterson was a legendary Coast Guardsman best remembered for his heroic courage under fire when the Cutter Point Welcome (WPB 82329) was attacked by friendly fire from U.S. Air Force aircraft near the demilitarized zone in South Vietnam on August 11, 1966. Patterson succumbed to cancer on April 12th, surrounded by family and friends. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Connie Terrell.
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