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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Thomas P. Wargo

Branch of Service

U.S. Coast Guard

Hometown

Roebling, New Jersey

Honored By

Family

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

SERVED ABOARD THE U.S. COAST GUARD CUTTER COMANCHE WPG-76 IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC ON GREENLAND PATROL. HE SURVIVED THE SINKING OF THE USS SHEEPSCOTT AOG-24, A METTAWEE-CLASS GASOLINE TANKER, ON 6 JUNE 1945 BY SWIMMING TO THE NEAREST ISLAND OF IWO JIMA TAKING THE SHIPS MASCOT TO SAFETY WITH HIM. THE SHIP HAD RUN AGROUND AND CAPSIZED.