Edmond Louis Arruda or "Uncle Eddie" as the family knows him served in the Coast Guard for twenty-one years including World War II
I do not have the specifics of Ed's service because of his missing service
records. I do know that he served on the Bouy Tenders Shrub W-244 and Lotus W-229 in the
late 1930's and at Deer Island Light just prior to America's entry in WWII. Since Ed was stationed in New England during the outbreak of hostilities
so I have included a Special Page on the history of the Coast Guard's involvement in the Battle of the North Atlantic during World War
II. The battle of the Atlantic was raging all around New England during the time
he was stationed there. Ed was transferred from the East coast to Hawaii
in 1942 but his asthma prevented him from completing his assignment so he was
reassigned to the U.S. Coast Guard station in Ketchikan, Alaska for the
remaining 20 months of the
war. Alaska was the site of the Aleutian Islands Campaign or the "Forgotten
war" This is his story.
U.S.
Lighthouse Service: Pre-WWII
WWII
- U.S. Coast Guard - Ketchikan, Alaska
Post
World War II - Lighthouse Keeper, Tug Boat Captain
Special:
USCG in The Battle
for the Atlantic
Special:
Uncle Eddie's Scrapbook
They
Served with Honor : Home Page
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