Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago

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Aviation Survival Technician Second Class Spencer T. Manson received the Distinguished Flying Cross Award at Coast Guard Sector/ Air Station Humboldt Bay Dec. 13, 2023.

https://www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releases/Article/3616651/photo-release-coast-guard-rescue-swimmer-receives-distinguished-flying-cross-aw/

In this 2021 video, Petty Officer Manson and Lt. Ryan O'Neil, the aircraft commander, discuss the rescue on June 19, 2021, which occurred 70 miles offshore from the California–Oregon border, resulting in all six persons lives aboard a disabled 79-foot schooner being saved.

(Coast Guard video by Petty Officer Brandon Giles)