Mr. Curtis has served in the Coast Guards for 27 years. He followed after his father, grandfather, great grandfather, and 7 uncles who also served in the United States Coast Guard. They together have served over 273 years of service. Mr. Curtis played a big role in searching for lost vesicles and people out at sea. He enjoyed his service and said if he could go back and do it all over again that he wouldn’t change a thing.
This is a coin designed by Mr. Curtis. It shows his pride for his service and his continued connection to his military background and involvement in a historical event.
This picture depicts a ship that Mr. Curtis took with his crew when sailing to Sacramento to retrieve another coast guard. Part of his duty along the way was to bring in overturned sail boats and save stranded soldiers in the sea. The cooking and sleeping quarters were in the middle of the ship.
This picture depicts Mr. Curtis in his Coast Guard Uniform when he became a national president in armed forces at a reunion last year. This shows his continued dedication to the war effort. He still maintains memory and stays connected to his history as a veteran, and his family is also proud as serving runs through the family.
This picture shows Mr. Curtis in New Jersey in 1970 when he was stationed there as a coast guard. He is wearing his coast guard uniform, showing his pride at his service in the war effort.
This picture shows Mr. Curtis when he first joined the war effort as a coast guard. The service was carried throughout his family, and his grandfather, great grandfather, and multiple uncles also served in the war for a total of hundreds of years of service. Therefore, serving in the war was of a high honor in his family.
This picture depicts Mr. Curtis’s last station in Manasquan, New Jersey. There were horses and trailers near the beach, and it remains a historical landmark and a remembrance of fellow soldiers for Mr. Curtis.