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    Coast Guard members celebrate 100-year-old WWII Coast Guard veteran legacy [Image 4 of 6]

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    Coast Guard members celebrate 100-year-old WWII Coast Guard veteran legacy

    PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES

    05.25.2022

    Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Edward Wargo 

    U.S. Coast Guard District 5   

    Chief Commissaryman and WW-II veteran Robert Manges arrives at Base Portsmouth to celebrate a late 100-year birthday May 25th, 2022. Manges toured the Coast Guard Cutter Legare, observing what a Coast Guard galley has to offer compared to the USS Wakefield he traveled on while transporting U.S. soldiers and German prisoners back from the European theater, a total of 34 voyages. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer Edward Wargo)

    He was also given medals that he never received including the American Defense Medal, the WW-II Victory Medal, the European- African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, the Arctic Service Medal, and the American Campaign Medal.

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    Date Taken: 05.25.2022
    Date Posted: 06.03.2022 11:15
    Photo ID: 7251995
    VIRIN: 220525-G-HU058-1004
    Resolution: 6048x4024
    Size: 4.83 MB
    Location: PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, US

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