here's a trivia question for you coast guard historians out there. "during the civil war what unit did Richard Ethridge serve with before he became keeper of the Pea Island LS station???" 1,000,000,000 dollars to whoever gets it first.

Richard Etheridge was an Outer Banks surfman and fisherman.

He served in the 36th U.S. Colored Troops and fought at the Battle of New Market Heights in Virginia.

He was recommended by First Lieutenant Charles F. Shoemaker in 1879-80.

http://www.uscg.mil/history/stations/pea%20island.html

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