LeRoy West collection, ca. 1940's-1950's [graphic].
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United States. Coast Guard
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The Rock of Ages Light is a U.S. Coast Guard lighthouse on a small rock outcropping approximately 2.25 miles west of Washington Island and 3.5 miles west of Isle Royale, in Keweenaw County, Michigan. It is an active aid to navigation. From the description of Rock of Ages Lighthouse Logbook, 1939-1945. (Michigan Technological University). WorldCat record id: 758507044 "The U.S. Coast Guard is one of the five armed forces of the United States and the only military organization...
United States. Coast Guard. District, 17th
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The Coast Guard is an amalgamation of five Federal agencies: the Revenue Cutter Service, the Lighthouse Service, the Steamboat Inspection Service, the Bureau of Navigation, and the Lifesaving Service. It received its current name in 1915 when the Lifesaving Service and the Revenue Cutter Service merged. [From: U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, web site: http://www.uscg.mil/history/]. From the description of U.S. Coast Guard, 17th District photograph collection [graphic], 1989-[ong...
West, LeRoy, 1916-1985, collector.
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LeRoy West came to Juneau in 1929. He began working for the federal government in 1935 with the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads. Later he worked for the U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Corps of Engineers. After receiving a certificate as a professional electrical engineer in 1949 he began working for the U.S. Coast Guard in Juneau as a civilian employee. In 1975, at his retirement, he was presented the Commandant's Award, the highest civilian award possible for outstanding job performance. LeRoy West d...
