[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 73 (Thursday, June 6, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E980]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             HONORING COAST GUARD HEROES FROM WORLD WAR II

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                         HON. FRANK A. LoBIONDO

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 5, 2002

  Mr. LoBIONDO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to join with the Coast Guard 
personnel at Group-Air Station Atlantic City as they honor two World 
War II veterans. The two former Coast Guard aircrew from New Jersey 
flew many homeland security missions together from bases in Florida 
between 1943 and 1945, protecting convoys moving along the East Coast 
and searching for German U-boats.
  Donald T. Daughenbaugh was born in Atlantic City, NJ in 1920. Harry 
D. Mount was born in Riverside, NJ in 1922. Donald Daughenbaugh joined 
the Coast Guard in 1941, became a boat coxswain in 1942 and was 
designated an Aviation Pilot #71 on April 16, 1943. He began 
operational flying shortly afterward at Air Station Miami. Harry Mount 
left college early to join the Coast Guard in the summer of 1942. He 
was sent to Radio School in Atlantic City, NJ and then reported to Air 
Station Miami as an Aviation Radio operator.
  Together these two Coast Guard heroes flew the OS2U-3 KINGFISHER, a 
scout observation plane, searching for German submarines and protecting 
the convoys along the East Coast. This plane carried two depth charges 
and a 30 caliber machine gun. They also flew missions in the PBY, PBM, 
PH2, JRF and J4F protecting convoys and doing Air-Sea Rescues from many 
airfields along the Florida coast.
  True to form, these two proud veterans, and Coast Guard legends, are 
not going to just stand by to receive praise from today's Coast Guard 
aviators. They are going to honor the newest Coast Guard aircrewmen by 
pinning them with their newly earned aircrew wings.
  Let the record show that Donald T. Daughenbaugh, Enlisted Pilot #71 
and later Commissioned Coast Guard Aviator #216, at 82 years of age, is 
still flying 60 years later and flew his own airplane to Coast Guard 
Group-Air Station Atlantic City. This act makes proud all that have 
worn the ``Wings of Gold'' throughout the long history of Coast Guard 
aviation.
  These two great men and their wonderful families should be very 
proud. May God bless them richly as they continue to give to their 
country and to their wonderful service, the United States Coast Guard.

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