Coast Guard To Posthumously Honor WWI Veteran

BALTIMORE (AP) — The Coast Guard will posthumously honor a World War I veteran with a Purple Heart.
On Tuesday, the Coast Guard will honor Seaman 1st Class Francis Leroy Wilkes, who served during the first world war. The Purple Heart will be awarded to Vincent Warren Woodland, Wilkes’ great-nephew.
Wilkes escorted several ships between Gibraltar, Spain and Milford Haven, Wales, in submarine-infested waters during the war. He served his entire career on the Coast Guard Cutter Tampa, a