1942 - USS Muskeget - Coast Guardsman Eric Bruckner Article

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Eric Bruckner is photographed for a newspaper article from 1942. Bruckner was later killed in action

1942 - USS Muskeget - Coast Guardsman Eric Bruckner Article

A copy of a newspaper article from 19 May 1942 showing various Coast Guard personnel including Erick Bruckner who was killed in action on board MUSKEGET later that year. Scan provided by his great nephew Hunter Zupnick.

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Tags: KIA, casualty, Casualties, missing, NOAA, MIA, Torpedo, North Atlantic, U-Boat, Muskeget, Bruckner, BNR, Weather Ship, U-755

Photo by: USCG Historian's Office | VIRIN: 240705-G-G0000-006.JPG

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