Moderators Note: In this year's Coast Guard Day message there was an error in the date of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, that event occurred in 1989.
The Coast Guard Compass has a powerful historical vignette of the devotion to duty and innovative initiative of LT Robert Prause and his development of a rescue swimmer system during World War II. Unfortunately, LT Prause and 100 of his shipmates were killed in a mysterious explosion that resulted in the nearly immediate sinking of Escanaba in 39 degree water. Visit the Compass to read more.
