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Allen Thiele
Allen William Thiele (May 28, 1940 – September 23, 2017) was the fifth Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard, serving from 1986 to 1990. Career Thiele enlisted in the Coast Guard in Green Bay, Wisconsin in 1958. After completing basic training in Cape May, New Jersey, he was stationed in New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1959, he was transferred to the Philippines. After returning to the United States, he was stationed at Coast Guard Stations in Algoma, Wisconsin and Plum Island (Wisconsin), Plum Island, Wisconsin and aboard the USCGC Mesquite (WLB-305). He was then Officer-In-Charge of the Boating Safety Detachment in Two Rivers, Wisconsin. In 1969, Thiele was stationed at the Coast Guard Station in Kauai, Hawaii as Executive Petty Officer. He then served aboard the USCGC Owasco (WHEC-39) until 1973. In 1976, he was assigned as Officer-In-Charge of the recruiting office in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In 1979, Thiele became Command Enlisted Advisor of the Fourteenth Coast Guard Dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Manitowoc ( ) is a city in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, United States, and its county seat. It is located on Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Manitowoc River. According to the 2020 census, Manitowoc had a population of 34,626. History Purported to mean ''dwelling of the Manitou, great spirit'', Manitowoc derived its name from either the Ojibwe word ''manidoowaak(wag)'', meaning spirit-spawn(s), or ''manidoowaak(oog)'', meaning spirit-wood(s), or ''manidoowak(iin)'', meaning spirit-land(s). In the Menominee language, it is called ''Manetōwak'', which means "place of the spirits". The Menominee ceded this land to the United States in the 1836 Treaty of the Cedars, following years of negotiations over how to accommodate the Oneida Indian Nation, Oneida, Stockbridge-Munsee Community, Stockbridge-Munsee, and Brothertown Indians, Brothertown peoples who had been Indian removal, removed from New York to Wisconsin. In 1838, an act of the Territorial Legislature separated Manitowoc Coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
