First District Public Affairs
U.S. Coast Guard
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PHOTOS AVAILABLE: Coast Guard holds memorial service for Vietnam Era hero Chief Richard Patterson
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| In this photo released by the U.S. Coast Guard, Rear Adm. Daniel Neptun (right), the First Coast Guard District commander, gives a speech during a memorial service for Chief Petty Officer Richard Patterson at Coast Guard Station Chatham, Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Patterson was a legendary Coast Guardsman best remembered for his heroic courage under fire when the Cutter Point Welcome (WPB 82329) was attacked by friendly fire from U.S. Air Force aircraft near the demilitarized zone in South Vietnam on August 11, 1966. Patterson succumbed to cancer on April 12th, surrounded by family and friends. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Connie Terrell. |
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| In this photo released by the U.S. Coast Guard, Retired Master Chief Petty Officer Mark "Mac" McKenney, a shipmate of Chief Petty Officer Richard Patterson, listens as Rear Adm. Daniel Neptun gives a speech at a memorial service for Patterson at Coast Guard Station Chatham, Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Patterson was a legendary Coast Guardsman best remembered for his heroic courage under fire when the Cutter Point Welcome (WPB 82329) was attacked by friendly fire from U.S. Air Force aircraft near the demilitarized zone in South Vietnam on August 11, 1966. Patterson succumbed to cancer on April 12th, surrounded by family and friends. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Connie Terrell. |
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| In this photo released by the U.S. Coast Guard, Rear Adm. Daniel Neptun (left), the First Coast Guard District commander, looks at a piece of the Coast Guard Cutter Point Welcome that was damaged during an attack by friendly fire from a U.S. Air Force aircraft near the demilitarized zone in South Vietnam as he talks with retired Master Chief Petty Officer Mark "Mac" McKenney during a memorial service for Chief Petty Officer Richard Patterson at Coast Guard Station Chatham, Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Patterson was a legendary Coast Guardsman best remembered for his heroic courage under fire when the cutter was attacked August 11, 1966. Patterson succumbed to cancer on April 12th, surrounded by family and friends. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Connie Terrell. |
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| In this photo released by the U.S. Coast Guard, Retired Master Chief Petty Officer Mark "Mac" McKenney and David O'Connor, both former Coast Guardsmen aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Point Welcome, scatter former shipmate Chief Petty Officer Richard Patterson's ashes at sea from the deck of Coast Guard Cutter Tiger Shark about three miles off the coast of Chatham, Mass., Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Patterson was a legendary Coast Guardsman best remembered for his heroic courage under fire when the Cutter Point Welcome (WPB 82329) was attacked by friendly fire from U.S. Air Force aircraft near the demilitarized zone in South Vietnam on August 11, 1966. Patterson succumbed to cancer on April 12th, surrounded by family and friends. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Connie Terrell. |
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| In this photo released by the U.S. Coast Guard, Retired Master Chief Petty Officer Mark "Mac" McKenney and David O'Connor, both former Coast Guardsmen aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Point Welcome, scatter former shipmate Chief Petty Officer Richard Patterson's ashes at sea from the deck of Coast Guard Cutter Tiger Shark about three miles off the coast of Chatham, Mass., Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Patterson was a legendary Coast Guardsman best remembered for his heroic courage under fire when the Cutter Point Welcome (WPB 82329) was attacked by friendly fire from U.S. Air Force aircraft near the demilitarized zone in South Vietnam on August 11, 1966. Patterson succumbed to cancer on April 12th, surrounded by family and friends. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Connie Terrell. |
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| In this photo released by the U.S. Coast Guard, Retired Master Chief Petty Officer Mark "Mac" McKenney waves to a Falcon Jet from Air Station Cape Cod during a fly over after scattering his shipmate's ashes at sea from the deck of the Coast Guard Cutter Tiger Shark about three miles off the coast of Chatham, Mass., Wednesday, June 16, 2010. McKenney and David O'Connor, both former Coast Guardsmen aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Point Welcome, scattered the ashes of former shipmate Chief Petty Officer Richard Patterson, a legendary Coast Guardsman best remembered for his heroic courage under fire when the Cutter Point Welcome (WPB 82329) was attacked by friendly fire from a U.S. Air Force aircraft near the demilitarized zone in South Vietnam on August 11, 1966. Patterson succumbed to cancer on April 12th, surrounded by family and friends. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Connie Terrell. |
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