CG honors 4 service members

NEW ORLEANS - Rear Adm. Dave Callahan, commander of the 8th Coast Guard District in New Orleans, presented a Silver Lifesaving Medal and three Meritorious Public Service medals to four service members in recognition of their selfless acts of kindness. The ceremony was Aug. 4 at the Coast Guard Cutter White Alder Memorial in Baton Rouge, La. The Silver Lifesaving Medal will honor David Phung for heroics in saving a woman and her dog from a submerged automobile during historic flooding near Baton Rouge in August 2016. The Meritorious Public Service medals honor Brandon Barrett, Jason Dixon, and Robbie Reynold for their involvement in that same rescue. (Source: Coast Guard 08/02/17) Video of rescue: https://www.dvidshub.net/video/541973/coast-guard-presents-medals-mens-heroic-efforts-during-baton-rouge-floods