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Multimedia Release

Date: June 8, 2010

Contact: Petty Officer 3rd Class Cindy Beckert

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**MULTIMEDIA RELEASE** World War II veteran awarded Purple Heart

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. – The Coast Guard presented Harry Milton Daube, 88, the Purple Heart, Friday, June 4, 2010, at his home in New Smyrna Beach. Daube is a survivor of a World War II torpedo attack on the Coast Guard-manned ship, USS Leopold. U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Cindy Beckert.

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. – The Coast Guard presented Harry Milton Daube, 88, the Purple Heart, Friday, June 4, 2010, at his home in New Smyrna Beach. Daube is a survivor of a World War II torpedo attack on the Coast Guard-manned ship, USS Leopold, off the coast of Iceland. In this video, Daube is presented the Purple Heart and speaks about the evening the Leopold was attacked. U.S. Coast Guard mulitmedia by Petty Officer 3rd Class Cindy Beckert.

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