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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Curt Frank Steib

Branch of Service

U.S. Coast Guard

Hometown

Manhattan, New York

Honored By

Joe W. Fields

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

HE ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATE COAST GUARD, AND ROSE THROUGH THE RANKS TO BECOME A LIEUTENANT JUNIOR GRADE. HE SERVED IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS AND IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS ABOARD THE U.S. COAST GUARD CUTTER MODOC WPG-46. ON MAY 24, 1941, HE WAS ON BOARD THE MODOC DURING ITS ROLE IN THE SINKING OF THE GERMAN BATTLESHIP, THE BISMARCK. HIS LAST DUTY STATION IN 1946 WAS IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.