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Domingo Suarez y Rosa—Towerman of Puerto Rico
It was at Guanica on a stormy night in 1914 that Domingo Suarez witnessed a pilot boat capsize beyond the mouth of the bay. Without hesitation, he jumped into the water and assisted the boat’s crew to safety, earning a U.S. Lighthouse Service commendation.
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Joseph Toahty at Guadalcanal—Pawnee warrior strikes the first blow beside Douglas Munro
In 1942, Native American Joseph Robert Toahty deployed for Guadalcanal, the Allies’ first amphibious operation of World War II.
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Brazos Station’s Latino lifesavers and the catastrophic Florida Keys Hurricane
The storm grazed the Florida Keys and slipped into the sheltered waters of the Gulf of Mexico before unleashing devastation in Texas.
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Lessons learned from 2017’s Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico
In Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, the Coast Guard was Semper Paratus in responding to both hurricanes Irma and Maria.
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Remembering 9/11—a day that changed the Coast Guard forever
The day war was declared on the Empire of Japan, President Franklin Roosevelt referred to Dec. 7, 1941, day of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, as “a date which will live in infamy.” Little did he know the nation would face a similar date nearly 60 years later.
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Vincent Danz—9/11 hero and FRC namesake
As a member of the Emergency Service Unit, he and his fellow officers were the first to enter the doomed Trade Center. He called home to his wife and told her it was real bad up in the Towers.
"The National Coast Guard Museum remains the Service's top philanthropic priority. I am very excited about the forthcoming National Coast Guard Museum!"
ADM Linda Fagan - Commandant, United States Coast Guard