Title

Ordeal on the Ice

Authors

Geoffrey D. Reynolds, Hope CollegeFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-2004

Publication Source

Michigan History

Volume Number

88

Issue Number

1

First Page

20

Last Page

26

Publisher

Michigan History

ISSN

0026-2196

Abstract

Ordeal on the Ice is an article concerning the February 8, 1936 rescue of Clayton Brown by United States Coastguardsman Boatswain's Mate Earl Cunningham (1895-1936) that resulted in his own death and that of Claude Beardsley and the awarding of the Gold Lifesaving Medal to Cunningham posthumously.

Keywords

United States Coast Guard, Earl Cunningham, Charlevoix, Michigan, Helen Teatro Cunningham, Penny Helmer, Gold Lifesaving Medal, George Cunningham, Annie Cunningham, Afton, Campbell Stone Company, Richard Cunningham, Hubert Cunningham, Wayne Cunningham, Hammond Bay Coastguard Station, Ocqueoc, Cleo LaPeer, Lloyd LaPeer, Eugene Bears, Clause Beardsley, Clayton Brown, William Woods, George Kelderhouse, Quinton Duhn, motor lifeboat, Congressman John Lesinski Sr., Silver Lake Cemetery, Wolverine

Recommended Citation

Repository citation: Reynolds, Geoffrey D., "Ordeal on the Ice" (2004). Faculty Publications. Paper 64.
https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/faculty_publications/64

Published in: Michigan History, Volume 88, Issue 1, January 1, 2004, pages 20-26. Copyright © 2004 Michigan History, Lansing, Michigan.