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Date: April 8, 2009 Contact: Ninth District Public Affairs Office |
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U.S. Navy League's Coast Guardsman of the Year award presented to CLEVELAND – A Cleveland-based Coast Guard petty officer received the Coast Guardsman of the Year Award from the U.S. Navy League during a ceremony at Station Cleveland Harbor, Wednesday, at 9 a.m. Petty Officer 2nd Class Clayton W. Franklin, who is assigned to Station Cleveland Harbor, received the award for exceptional service while in uniform. To obtain a photo from the ceremony, CLICK HERE FOR PHOTO #1, CLICK HERE to obtain a copy of the U.S. Navy League's certificate. CLICK HERE to obtain a photo of Petty Officer Franklin at Station Cleveland Harbor. The U.S. Navy League annually recognizes multiple people with this high honor to show its appreciation for hard work, dedication and adherence to the Coast Guard’s core values of honor, respect, and devotion to duty. “He wears the core values more transparently than anyone else I know,” said Chief Patrick Owens, the Officer-in-Charge of
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