Coast Guardsman receives air medal for daring rescue [Image 2 of 6]

MCKINLEYVILLE, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES

03.08.2018

Photo by Chief Petty Officer Brandyn Hill 

U.S. Coast Guard District 11

Rear Adm. Todd Sokalzuk, the Coast Guard's 11th District commander, presents Petty Officer 1st Class Nicholas Gardner, an avitation survival technician at Coast Guard Air Station Humboldt Bay, with an air medal during an ceremony at the air station in McKinleyville, California, March 8, 2018. The ceremony honored Gardner and three other aircrew who rescued a 16-year-old boy stranded on a cliff near Crescent City Oct. 14, 2017. (Coast Guard photo by Seaman Alexander Gray)

• Date Taken: 03.08.2018
• Date Posted: 03.08.2018 19:47
• Photo ID: 4200965
• VIRIN: 180308-G-RU729-1204
• Resolution: 7360x4912
• Size: 2.56 MB
• Location: MCKINLEYVILLE, CALIFORNIA, US