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on August 27, 1969. He undertook numerous projects during his tenure in the office, including working on the board that led to the creation of the
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This article is about the United States Coast Guard and Navy enlisted man. For the blues musician who used
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due to his Navy experience. His first assignment was to a small station in Ocean City. There he saved a man who had fallen from a
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Calhoun returned to Ocean City and worked in the post office for a short period, but enlisted in the
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attack on the ship. Calhoun was honorably discharged from the Navy on
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In
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in 1943 at the age of 17 and was trained as a torpedoman. He served on the
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and their command. He was accepted and was made the first MCPOCG by then-
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Recipients of the
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with a friend on
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the first Coast Guard cutter to fire shots in the
Vietnam War.
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into the water and broken his hip. Calhoun was awarded the
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Vietnam War
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814:. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland.
845:Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard
805:Calhoun's official Coast Guard bio and eulogy
774:Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard
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185:Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard
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338:Awards and decorations
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274:aboard the
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211:Lunga Point
139:Vietnam War
21:Jesse Stone
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83:Allegiance
54:1925-04-20
746:Citations
298:President
209:USS
191:Biography
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