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A recipient was authorized to receive only one Coast and
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with its wings spread perched atop the globe, the same image depicted on the seal of the U.S. Coast and
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Bulletin 880401, NOAA authorized medals to supplement the ribbons previously awarded. Among them was the Coast and
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