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No ordinary hero—Silver Star recipient and FRC namesake Robert Yered
—In the pre‑dawn chaos at Cat Lai, a rocket‑hit ammunition barge began to burn with fifteen thousand tons of explosives nearby. Engineman Robert Yered ran toward the flames, helping put the fire out and preventing the destruction of three ships and an Army terminal—then came home to live as a quiet groundskeeper few realized was a Silver Star hero.
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Remembering BMCS Terrell Horne—father, friend, hero, mentor, and FRC namesake
—What began as a routine interdiction became a lethal ambush: a ramming at sea, a split‑second shove that spared a shipmate and a sacrifice the Coast Guard will never forget.
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Hero without a headstone—Forgotten Keeper Joseph Doyle and his Gold Lifesaving Medal rescues
—The weather was horrific with dark skies, steady rain, and tumultuous seas. The keeper and his crew were quickly away and encountering “fearful seas.”
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Bernard “Bernie” Webber and the greatest smallboat rescue in Coast Guard history
—Nearly 72 years ago, four men of Coast Guard Station Chatham on CG 36500 staged a rescue of 38 merchant seamen from two tankers during a winter-time hurricane of rare proportions.