Large Unit History Award Winner: USCG Training Center, Yorktown, VA.
Small Unit History Award Winner: Station Merrimack River, Newburyport, MA.
Best Book on Coast Guard History: Thaddeus D. Novak, edited by P. J. Capelotti, Life and Death on the Greenland Patrol
Best Book on Lighthouses/Aids to Navigation: Carol O’Neil, Images of America: Point Sur
Heritage Awards:
CDR Maurice Gibbs, USN, Ret., for his work for the United States Lifesaving Heritage Association, the Nantucket Life-Saving Museum, and the Nantucket Historical Association.
CWO4 Ken Black, USCG, Ret., for his decades of devotion to saving and displaying lighthouse artifacts. The Maine Lighthouse Museum is a direct result of his work.
Provided a plaque and 20,000 brochures for the new USCGC Mackinaw Museum upon the vessel’s decommissioning.
Provided a detailed critique of the draft of the USCGA Tour Guide
Provided funding for filming CDR Stewart Graham, USCG (Ret.), and Sergi Sikorski discussing the early development of helicopters. CDR Graham was Helicopter pilot #2.
Provided funding for a summer intern in the CG Historian’s Office.
Provided a brick for the Coast Guard Memorial Plaza in Baltimore, MD. Filmed and edited the life story of YNCM Phil F. Smith, the second MCPO-CG.
Provided consulting services and participated in the dedication of the “Coast Guard Walk of History” at Grand Haven, MI.
Provided stipend to Dr. Dennis Noble to assist in research on Captain Cantwell.
Provided funding to LT Michael Bennett for research on the CG role with the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in WWII.
Continued efforts to improve public access to the CG Museum/NW, with at least some success in signage to inform the public.
With the assistance of Admiral Thad Allen, the President was provided a copy of The Coast Guard.
Published three issues of The Cutter, FCGH’s magazine.
