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ALCOAST 497/09
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SUBJ: FOUNDATION FOR COAST GUARD HISTORY ANNUAL AWARDS
1. ON AUGUST 4, 2009 THE FOUNDATION FOR COAST GUARD HISTORY (FCGH)
MARKED ITS TENTH ANNIVERSARY AS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION. ITS
OBJECTIVES ARE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THE COAST GUARD HISTORIANS
OFFICE AND PROGRAMS, STIMULATE THE RECORDING AND PRESERVATION OF
UNIT ACTIVITIES, AND ENCOURAGE RESEARCH AND WRITING RELATING TO THE
HISTORY OF OUR SERVICE. THE FOUNDATION ACCORDS RECOGNITION TO
INDIVIDUALS, UNITS, AND ORGANIZATIONS FOR BOTH SCHOLARLY
ACHIEVEMENT AND FOR RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE CHALLENGES,
ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AND CHARACTER OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE
CONTRIBUTED TO THE PROUD HERITAGE OF THE COAST GUARD.
2. EACH YEAR THE FOUNDATION RECOGNIZES A LARGE AND A SMALL UNIT
FOR THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN PRESERVING THE HISTORY OF THE SERVICE
AND AWARDS FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS AND TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS,
RESPECTIVELY, FOR THEIR UNIT MORALE FUND. THIS YEARS WINNERS ARE:
A. LARGE UNIT - SECTOR NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND. AMONG ITS
ACCOMPLISHMENTS, IT IMPLEMENTED AN AGGRESSIVE SECTOR HISTORY AND
HERITAGE PRESERVATION PROGRAM, INVENTORIED ARTIFACTS AT UNITS AND
DISPLAYED THEM FOR PUBLIC VIEWING, COLLECTED ORAL HISTORIES, AND
COLLABORATED WITH THE CITY OF ROCKLAND, ME, ON CELEBRATING IT
BECOMING A COAST GUARD CITY.
B. SMALL UNIT - INTERNATIONAL ICE PATROL. THE INTERNATIONAL ICE
PATROL SAVED ARTIFACTS FROM SCHEDULED DISPOSAL, INCLUDING SEVERAL
HUNDRED GLASS LANTERN SLIDES WITH IMAGERY OF USRCS CUTTERS BEAR,
THETIS, AND ITASCA. THEY ALSO PROVIDED CRITICAL ASSISTANCE TO THE
COAST GUARD QUEST TO LOCATE WRECKAGE OF J2F-4 AIRCRAFT LOST IN
GREENLAND DURING A RESCUE ATTEMPT IN 1942, CONTINUED DIGITIZING IIP
ANNUAL REPORTS DATING TO 1913 AND PRESERVED THOUSANDS OF NEGATIVES
FOUND IN STORAGE.
3. FCGH ALSO RECOGNIZES AUTHORS OF BOOKS RELATING TO THE COAST
GUARD OR PREDECESSOR AGENCIES. THIS YEARS WINNERS ARE:
A. COAST GUARD HERITAGE CATEGORY - MR. GEORGE BUKER, "THE METAL
LIFE CAR: THE INVENTOR, THE IMPOSTOR, AND THE BUSINESS OF
LIFESAVING."
B. LIGHTHOUSE CATEGORY - DOUGLAS BOSTICK, "THE MORRIS ISLAND
LIGHTHOUSE: CHARLESTONS MARITIME BEACON."
4. FOR THE FIRST TIME, FCGH AWARDED RECOGNITION IN THE CATEGORY OF
VIDEO AND FILM. THE WINNER WAS A AND E TELEVISION NETWORKS,
PRODUCED BY THE LONE WOLF DOCUMENTARY GROUP, FOR THE DOCUMENTARY
"DEEP SEA DETECTIVES."
5. AMONG THE MANY INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE MADE EXCEPTIONAL PERSONAL
CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARD THE GOALS OF THE FOUNDATION, THE JUDGES
RECOMMENDED THE FOLLOWINGS FOR A SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD:
A. BM2 JAMES ABEL. NOMINATED BY USCGC FORWARD FOR CITING HIS BROAD
RANGE OF VOLUNTEER WORK, INCLUDING: FORMING A WWII MARITIME LIVING
HISTORY GROUP, CREATING EXHIBITS FOR A SALUTE TO WWII VETERANS AND
"COAST GUARD AT WAR" MUSEUM PROGRAM.
B. LTJG JENNIFER OSETEK. NOMINATED BY SECTOR LONG ISLAND SOUND FOR
HER INITIATIVE, CREATIVITY, AND PERSEVERANCE IN BRINGING A NEW
HISTORY AND LEADERSHIP PROGRAM TO FRUITION. AT HER SUGGESTION, THE
NEW COMMAND BUILDING WAS NAMED AFTER CAPTAIN QUENTIN R. WALSH, A
TRUE COAST GUARD WWII HERO. LTJG OSETEK LOCATED AND INCLUDED
RELATIVES OF CAPTAIN WALSH IN AN IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY.
C. CAPTAIN WILLIAM R. (RUSS) WEBSTER, USCG (RET.). NOMINATED BY
SECTOR NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND. FOR MORE THAN THIRTY YEARS, CAPT
WEBSTER HAS BEEN A STRONG PROPONENT OF CAPTURING AND INTERPRETING
SERVICE HISTORY. HE HAS AUTHORED MANY ARTICLES AND PAPERS IN
PRESTIGIOUS MARITIME PUBLICATIONS. HE IS ALSO A TALENTED
MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER WHO INCORPORATES THE RICH LESSONS OF SERVICE
TRADITIONS IN PRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS THE FUTURE
LEADERS OF THECOAST GUARD.
6. THE COAST GUARD JOINS FCGH IN SALUTING THE AWARD WINNERS AND
STRONGLY ENCOURAGES UNITS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO ESTABLISH AND
INVIGORATE THEIR OWN PROGRAMS AND EFFORTS TO RECORD, PRESERVE, AND
DISPLAY THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR RICH SERVICE HISTORY.
7. RDML CHARLES D. MICHEL, DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENTAL AND PUBLIC
AFFAIRS, SENDS.
8. INTERNET RELEASE AUTHORIZED.
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