Douglas Albert Munro was born on 11 October 1919 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He enlisted in the United States Coast Guard in September 1939 and had achieved the rank of Signalman First Class by September 1942. On the 27th of that month, while leading a group of landing craft during the Guadalcanal Campaign, he participated in the evacuation of U.S. Marines from the beach at Guadalcanal's Point Cruz. Using his boat as a shield between the Japanese and the Marines, he enabled the operation to proceed successfully, but was killed by enemy gunfire. For his "extraordinary heroism and conspicuous gallantry", Signalman First Class Munro was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.
The escort ship USS Douglas A. Munro (DE-422), 1944-1965, was named in honor of Signalman Munro.
This page features our only view of Signalman 1c Douglas A. Munro, USCG.
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Medal of Honor citation of Signalman First Class Douglas A. Munro (as printed in the official publication "Medal of Honor, 1861-1949, The Navy", page 229): |
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