WHO: Linwood "Tick" Thumm, a 100-year-old Coast Guard WWII veteran and Coast Guard 5th District personnel
WHAT: Birthday celebration in which Mr. Thumm will be presented various honors in recognition of his 100th birthday
WHERE: 431 Crawford St., Portsmouth, VA, Federal Building
WHEN: 12:30 p.m., Thursday
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard is scheduled to host a celebration to honor a Coast Guard WWII veteran on his 100th birthday Thursday at 12:30 p.m. in Portsmouth.
Coast Guard 5th District personnel are scheduled to gather in the Federal Building with Linwood "Tick" Thumm, in his celebration and honor, on the day marking 100 years of his life.
Thumm commanded an 83-foot cutter crew based out of Little Creek who spent the first part of WWII escorting convoys from New Jersey to Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. He and his crew were credited with a possible kill of a German U-boat and were also commended for saving the lives of an oil tanker crew during a fire. Thumm's crew used a net they fashioned from sheets and blankets to catch survivors as they jumped from the burning tanker.
Media wishing to attend should RSVP no later than Wednesday at noon with names of people planning to attend. Current photo ID will be required in the lobby Thursday.
RSVP by phone at 757-398-6272, or email at d5de@uscg.mil .