Honoring 6535

Never forgotten, fellas!

This song, written and performed by LTJG McCrae Harrison, a classmate of Thomas Cameron's, expresses the feelings and questions she experienced as she assisted with the salvage and recovery operations of CG-6535. http://mccrae.bandcamp.com/

Five Hours Before Leap Day, by McCrae

The brick website http://my.brixbase.biz/coastguard6535/ has been re-opened. If you are interested or know people interested in purchasing a brick, it's the same as before, $50 for a 4X8 and $125 for an 8X8 brick. The new deadline for brick orders is 3Sep2013. As before, thank you for your support in making an outstanding permanent memorial.

Coast Guard 6535 Memorial Engraved Brick Fund Raiser On the night of February 28, 2012 Coast Guard helicopter, designation 6535, went down southwest of Point Clear in Mobile Bay, Alabama while conducting training operations.The following men lost their lives:

Learn about a 5k memorial run at Milton, Florida, conducted in Thomas Cameron's honor, here: http://www.runlivehonor.com/

Memorial For Coast Guard Pilots A monument was dedicated today to the four Coast Guardsmen who died in a helicopter crash on February 28th, 2012. 

Coast Guard holds memorial for 6535 crew | Fox10tv.com A memorial dedication to the crew of 6535 is underway at the U.S. Coast Guard Aviation Training Center in Mobile. The dedication is in memory of LCDR Dale T.Taylor, LTJG Thomas J. Cameron, ASTC Fernando Jorge and AET3 Andrew Drew W. Knight.

On March 1, 2013, a memorial ceremony was held to honor those who perished aboard CG 6535 on February 28, 2012.

The great people at AL.com did an amazing job covering the memorial service. We encourage you to look through the galleries (photo and video) provided here. http://blog.al.com/live/2013/03/manners_of_the_profession_--_c.html

'Manners of the profession' -- Coast Guard crew memorial dedicated at ATC Mobile (photos) Standing several yards in front of the memorial – an impressive granite monolith etched with images and biographies of the men and topped with a silver replica of the MH-65C – speakers from ATC Mobile commanding officer Capt. Tom Maine to Adm. Robert J. Papp, Jr., commandant of the Coast...

CG-6535 Memorial Dedication Ceremony: March 1, 2013 Video of Lt. j.g. Andrew Bacon performs "Amazing Grace" during the CG-6535 memorial dedication ceremony at U.S. Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile on March 1, 2013.