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12158
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Recipients of the Life-Saving Medal of Honor, also known as the Gold Medal, six North Carolinian men, five of whom share the same last name of Midgett, have shown bravery and courage through feats of rescue preformed off the Outer Banks.
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29874
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John Allen Midgett, educated in Rodanthe and Elizabeth City, North Carolina, joined the Life Saving Service as a surfman at Little Kinnakeet. He then moved onto Warrant Officer and then First Class Officer at Gull Shoal and then Chicamacomico Station. While at Chicamacomico, the ship MIRLO came to shore in 1918 under torpedo attack. Under Captain Johnny, boats attempted to rescue the crew, 44 taken back in Midgett's boat. Midgett received the Congressional and the English Medal, the cup and the American Cross of Honor for the MIRLO's rescue.
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36007
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With its water encroached existence, who became known later as Coast Guard was a natural need. Generations of Midgetts keeping the occupational tradition alive proved its value measured in ways deeper than the coastal waters. A collective generational expression was the Chicamacomico Historical Society's upkeep of one of the lifesaving stations. Efforts by a younger generation came from the Cape Hatteras High School Chicamacomico Lifesavers Club.
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37706
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This Coast Guard branch has a long and illustrious history of saving lives throughout the Crystal Coast waterways. Among the seven stations established in 1871, it has the distinction of maintaining its original buildings, such as the original 1874 station and 1907 Midgett House. The station established to respond to the area’s propensity for shipwrecks also has the distinction of participating in wartime rescue missions, such as the crew from the torpedoed SS Mirlo.
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