WILKES-BARRE, Penn. - Robert J. Youngblood, a Coast Guard veteran of Wilkes-Barre, Penn., displays the Coast Guard Medal he was awarded in 1967 for rescuing the officer-in-charge of a New York City fireboat, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2012. Youngblood performed the rescue while served as the officer-in-charge of Coast Guard patrol boat CG-40451, which was engaged in rescue operations following explosions aboard the damaged British tanker, Alva Cape, anchored in Gravesend Bay, Brooklyn, N.Y., June 28, 1966. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Erik Swanson.
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