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![Coast Guard flyer gets distinguished flying cross. Washington, D.C., Oct. 14. In recognition of a flight made 130 miles to sea through fog and rain to rescue a severely injured seaman, whose life was [àed] by prompt hospitalization, Lieut. R.L. [àrke], Coast Guard aviator, was today presented with the distinguished flying cross by Secretary of Treasury Morgenthau. In the photograph, left to right: Rear Admiral R.R. Waesche, Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, Lieut. Burke, Secretary Morgenthau, and Stephen Gibbons, Assistant Secretary of Treasury in charge of the Coast Guard, 10/14/38](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvY29hc3QtZ3VhcmQtZmx5ZXItZ2V0cy1kaXN0aW5ndWlzaGVkLWZseWluZy1jcm9zcy13YXNoaW5ndG9uLWRjLW9jdC0xNC1pbi1yZWNvZ25pdGlvbi02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "Coast Guard flyer gets distinguished flying cross. Washington, D.C., Oct. 14. In recognition of a flight made 130 miles to sea through fog and rain to rescue a severely injured seaman, whose life was [àed] by prompt hospitalization, Lieut. R.L. [àrke], Coast Guard aviator, was today presented with the distinguished flying cross by Secretary of Treasury Morgenthau. In the photograph, left to right: Rear Admiral R.R. Waesche, Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, Lieut. Burke, Secretary Morgenthau, and Stephen Gibbons, Assistant Secretary of Treasury in charge of the Coast Guard, 10/14/38")
Rewarded for courage. Washington, D.C., May 12. Lieut. C.B. Olson (right) United States Coast Guard, receiving from Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau today the distinguished Flying Cross, The first to be awarded to a Coast Guard Aviator. Lieut. Olson was awarded the cross in recognition of a flight in storm and darkness he made 300 miles to sea from the Miami, Fla. air station to n army transport and returning safely with an army officer in desperate need of an operation. The flight was made in June 1935. On the left is Rear Admiral R.R. Waesche, Commandant of the Coast Gaurd, 51238
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Three men in suits and ties standing next to each other, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection
Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection.
Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955.
General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.hec
Temp. note: Batch five.
The Harris & Ewing, Inc. Collection of photographic negatives includes glass and film negatives taken by Harris & Ewing, Inc., which provide excellent coverage of Washington people, events, and architecture, during the period 1905-1945. Harris & Ewing, Inc., gave its collection of negatives to the Library in 1955. The Library retained about 50,000 news photographs and 20,000 studio portraits of notable people. Approximately 28,000 negatives have been processed and are available online. (About 42,000 negatives still need to be indexed.)
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