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FM COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC//CG-092//
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UNCLAS //N01650//
ALCOAST 535/07
COMDTNOTE 1650
SUBJ: 2006 SPIRIT OF HOPE AWARD
1. WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE COAST GUARDS WINNER OF THE SPIRIT
OF HOPE AWARD.  THE SPIRIT OF HOPE AWARD IS PRESENTED ANNUALLY TO
INDIVIDUALS WHO EMBODY THE VALUES OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE
MILITARY.
2. MARVIN J. PERRETT  WAS SELECTED AS THE COAST GUARD HONOREE FOR
2006. MR. PERRETT BEGAN HIS SERVICE WITH THE COAST GUARD DURING
WORLD WAR II AND CONTINUED HIS SELFLESS SERVICE UNTIL HE PASSED
AWAY ON MAY 6, 2007.  MR. PERRETTS MILITARY SERVICE INCLUDED
ASSIGNMENTS AS A COXSWAIN OF THE HIGGINS LANDING CRAFT DURING THE
D-DAY INVASION AT NORMANDY, THE INVASION OF IWO JIMA, AND THE
INVASION OF OKINAWA.  HE SPENT OVER 20 YEARS OF HIS LIFE EDUCATING
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ABOUT THE COAST GUARD AND WORLD WAR II.
3. MR. PERRETT WILL BE POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED THE 2006 SPIRIT OF HOPE
AWARD ON 19 NOVEMBER 2007 AT A CEREMONY IN THE PENTAGON HONORING
ALL SERVICES AWARDEES. MR. PERRETTS DAUGHTER AND GRANDDAUGHTER WILL
BE ACCEPTING THE AWARD ON HIS BEHALF.
4. INTERNET RELEASE AUTHORIZED.
5. RDML MARY E. LANDRY, DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENTAL AND PUBLIC
AFFAIRS, SENDS.
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