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Photo Release

Date: December 9, 2011

Contact: Petty Officer 3rd Class Tara Molle

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***Photos available*** Coast Guard Lifesaving Medal recipent recognized at Boy Scout awards dinner

LARGO, Fla. - Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Thomas McArthur, an aviation survival technician stationed at Air Station Traverse City, Mich., gives a speech at a recognition and awards dinner to Osceola Boy Scout leaders and their families at Christ Presbyterian Church, Dec. 8, 2011. McArthur, an Eagle Scout, was recognized at the dinner for being awarded the Coast Guard Silver Lifesaving Award for saving 12 people in peril on Lake Michigan, Aug. 15, 2010.

LARGO, Fla. - Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Thomas McArthur, an aviation survival technician stationed at Air Station Traverse City, Mich., gives a speech at a recognition and awards dinner to Osceola Boy Scout leaders and their families at Christ Presbyterian Church, Dec. 8, 2011. McArthur, an Eagle Scout, was recognized at the dinner for being awarded the Coast Guard Silver Lifesaving Award for saving 12 people in peril on Lake Michigan, Aug. 15, 2010.

LARGO, Fla. - Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Thomas McArthur, an aviation survival technician stationed at Air Station Traverse City, Mich., gives a speech at a recognition and awards dinner to Osceola Boy Scout leaders and their families at Christ Presbyterian Church, Dec. 8, 2011. McArthur, an Eagle Scout, was recognized at the dinner for being awarded the Coast Guard Silver Lifesaving Award for saving 12 people in peril on Lake Michigan, Aug. 15, 2010.

LARGO, Fla. - Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Thomas McArthur, an aviation survival technician stationed at Air Station Traverse City, Mich., gives a speech at a recognition and awards dinner to Osceola Boy Scout leaders and their families at Christ Presbyterian Church, Dec. 8, 2011. McArthur, an Eagle Scout, was recognized at the dinner for being awarded the Coast Guard Silver Lifesaving Award for saving 12 people in peril on Lake Michigan, Aug. 15, 2010.

LARGO, Fla. - Osceola Boy Scout leaders give a round of applause for Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Thomas McArthur, an aviation survival technician stationed at Air Station Traverse City, Mich., during a speech at a recognition and awards dinner at the Christ Presbyterian Church, Dec. 8, 2011. McArthur, an Eagle Scout, was recognized at the dinner for being awarded the Coast Guard Silver Lifesaving Award for saving 12 people in peril on Lake Michigan, Aug. 15, 2010.

LARGO, Fla. - Osceola Boy Scout leaders give a round of applause for Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Thomas McArthur, an aviation survival technician stationed at Air Station Traverse City, Mich., during a speech at a recognition and awards dinner at the Christ Presbyterian Church, Dec. 8, 2011. McArthur, an Eagle Scout, was recognized at the dinner for being awarded the Coast Guard Silver Lifesaving Award for saving 12 people in peril on Lake Michigan, Aug. 15, 2010.

LARGO, Fla. - Osceola District Boy Scouts District Vice Chair George Bessler presents an award to Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Thomas McArthur, an aviation survival technician stationed at Air Station Traverse City, Mich., during a recognition and awards dinner with Osceola Boy Scout leaders and their families at Christ Presbyterian Church, Dec. 8, 2011. McArthur, an Eagle Scout, was recognized at the dinner for being awarded the Coast Guard Silver Lifesaving Award for saving 12 people in peril on Lake Michigan, Aug. 15, 2010.

LARGO, Fla. - Osceola District Boy Scouts District Vice Chair George Bessler presents an award to Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Thomas McArthur, an aviation survival technician stationed at Air Station Traverse City, Mich., during a recognition and awards dinner with Osceola Boy Scout leaders and their families at Christ Presbyterian Church, Dec. 8, 2011. McArthur, an Eagle Scout, was recognized at the dinner for being awarded the Coast Guard Silver Lifesaving Award for saving 12 people in peril on Lake Michigan, Aug. 15, 2010.

LARGO, Fla. - Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Thomas McArthur, an aviation survival technician stationed at Air Station Traverse City, Mich., and Osceola District Boy Scouts District Vice Chair George Bessler, pose for a photo after a recognition and awards dinner with Osceola Boy Scout leaders and their families at Christ Presbyterian Church, Dec. 8, 2011. McArthur, an Eagle Scout, was recognized at the dinner for being awarded the Coast Guard Silver Lifesaving Award for saving 12 people in peril on Lake Michigan, Aug. 15, 2010.

LARGO, Fla. - Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Thomas McArthur, an aviation survival technician stationed at Air Station Traverse City, Mich., and Osceola District Boy Scouts District Vice Chair George Bessler, pose for a photo after a recognition and awards dinner with Osceola Boy Scout leaders and their families at Christ Presbyterian Church, Dec. 8, 2011. McArthur, an Eagle Scout, was recognized at the dinner for being awarded the Coast Guard Silver Lifesaving Award for saving 12 people in peril on Lake Michigan, Aug. 15, 2010.

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