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Wild Bill

Wild Bill

Sippin coffee, I had met Wild Bill at a pig roast, rode a Triumph bike, I went to his house dead of winter, he had rebuilt his bike in the living room, he also had taken out the front picture window built a ramp, and out he went. You see something like that, one thinks maybe ma was right, my friends are hooligans. Wild Bill was a Coastie on the lake, he ended up workin for the Great Lakes Shipping company,

Why mention him, well, I was lookin at this knucklehead

Just one look is all it took (song words)

I pay attention to stuff others may not because of location location location

The Coast Guard is also working with the Canadian military to expand maritime defense in the Arctic after U.S. and Canadian partnerships are building arctic cutters in Texas.

While on patrol in the Arctic, Cutter Munro crew through Operation Frontier Sentinel monitored three Chinese-flagged research vessels operating in and around the U.S. Arctic waters to ensure they complied with international maritime law. By July, the crew had monitored two Chinese-flagged vessels, 

If I ever get to ask the knucklehead a question You ever hear of a Coastie named Munro?

I already know answer

. Only one has ever been awarded to a US Coast Guardsman.

Douglas Monro memorial service. Grave, honor guard, historical photos at the memorial site.

Honor for his heroism at Point Cruz, Guadalcanal, on Sept. 27, 1942. He was killed after rescuing nearly 500 Marines under heavy enemy fire.

There will be no light on here for knuckleads as that one, I am fully IMMUNE to tears

Some music from across my lake as I look at her one last time