Coast Guard Names Ship After Jewish-American Guardsman Killed In Iraq War
(JTA) — The Coast Guard named a new ship after Nathan Bruckenthal, a Jewish-American Coast Guardsman killed in the Iraq War. The fast-response cutter boat was commissioned Wednesday in Alexandria, Virginia. Bruckenthal was killed in 2004 at the age of 24. He was the first Coast Guardsman to be killed in action since the Vietnam…
