Other Memories COAST GUARD ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL 9 October 1970
CITATION:
"For outstanding achievement and superior performance of duties while serving as Acting Officer-in-Charge of USCGC LOGANBERRY during the period 7 April 1970 to 28 July 1970. In the period 7 April 1970 to 28 July 1970 Petty Officer WILSON, who was assigned to USCGC LOGANBERRY as Engineering and Executive Petty Officer, served as Acting Officer-in-Chargediring the extended incapacitation and absence of the Officer-in-Charge. Petty Officer WILSON assumed active supervision of both the engineering spaces and the deck, and USCGC LOGABERRY continued to perform her Aids to Navigation mission without incident and with no decrease in her customary efficiency. Petty Officer WILSON proved himself to be a competent boat handler and adept at working buoys. At no time did USCGC LOGANBERRY fail to meet any of her requirements. During this period USCGC LOGANBERRY was detached from her normal duties and sent to assist the personnel of Light Attendant Station Venice in completing the updating and renovations of the aids to navigation in that area in the aftermath of Hurrican Camille. Petty Officer WILSON also during his tenure as Acting Officer-in-Charge of USCGC LOGANBERRY made a number of suggestions for the improvement of aids to navigation in USCGC LOGANBERRY's area which have been subsequently adopted. Petty Officer WILSON's diligence, initiative and aggressiveness during this period are heartily commended and re in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Coast Guard."
For the Commandant ROSS P. BULLARD Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard Commander, Eighth Coast Guard District
