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Civil Air Patrol vets to be honored in Delco

DELAWARE COUNTY Civil Air Patrol vets to be honored MARCUS HOOK Sunoco Inc. and Sunoco Logistics have scheduled a ceremony for Friday to honor Civil Air Patrol veterans from the Philadelphia area with replica Congressional Gold Medals for their service during World War II.

DELAWARE COUNTY

Civil Air Patrol vets to be honored

MARCUS HOOK Sunoco Inc. and Sunoco Logistics have scheduled a ceremony for Friday to honor Civil Air Patrol veterans from the Philadelphia area with replica Congressional Gold Medals for their service during World War II.

The event, to take place at Sunoco Logistics' Marcus Hook Industrial Complex, is to begin at 9:30 a.m. with a wreath-laying ceremony at the Seamen's Memorial. Immediately afterward, the Congressional Gold Medals are to be presented at a luncheon at Lia's Catering/IBEW Banquet Hall in Boothwyn.

The Civil Air Patrol was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, the nation's highest civilian honor, on Dec. 10, 2014, at the Capitol. The award recognizes the service of the organization's founding members in protecting the country, especially oil tankers and their crews, against U-boat attacks, and its success in fulfilling other needs during World War II.

Among those to be honored are William D. Mason, a former Sun Oil executive and Civil Air Patrol member, who in the 1940s helped establish the first CAP coastal patrol missions along the Eastern Seaboard.

Other CAP members to be recognized are Herbert Appleton of Audubon, Montgomery County; Benjamin Dyner of Philadelphia; Samuel James Guthrie of Claymont, Del.; and the late Walter Nicholai of Narberth. - Inquirer staff