MUNCIE, Ind. - A U.S. Coast Guard officer promoted William D. Barber, Sr. to honorary motor machinist's mate first class at Barber's home in Muncie July 7, 2011, more than 69 years after he was honorably discharged from the service following an injury on a Coast Guard patrol boat during World War II. Barber was in the engine room of the patrol boat, Stephen McKeever, which was used to spot German u-boats off the east coast of the United States, when an explosion occurred, severely burning him and another crewman who was in the engine room with him. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Lauren Jorgensen)
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