PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard hosts Veteran's Day event in Port Angeles, Wash.

Members of the Coast Guard Air Station/Sector Field Office Port Angeles, Wash., Honor Guard Team present the colors during a Veteran's Day ceremony in the Air Station Hangar, Nov. 11, 2012.

This was the 17th annual Veteran's Day ceremony held at Air Station Port Angeles, considered to be one of the largest in the Pacific Northwest.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class George Degener.
 

Marine Corps Sgt. Jason L. Howton, Marine Recruiting Station Seattle, Substation Bremerton, Wash., stands next to a Medal of Honor displayed at the Veteran's Day Ceremony held in the hangar at Coast Guard Sector Field Office/Air Station Port Angeles, Wash., Nov. 11, 2012.

The Medal, presented posthumously to Marine Corps Pfc. Richard B. Anderson for his actions in the Marshall Island in February 1944, is on display courtesy of Marine Corps League Detachment 897, Port Angeles.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class George Degener.
 

Cmdr. Keith McTigue, commanding officer of Coast Guard Sector Field Office/Air Station Port Angeles, Wash., addresses the crowd assembled in the Air Station's hangar during a Veteran's Day ceremony, Nov. 11, 2012.

More than 800 people attended the ceremony, including veterans of all five military branches and the Merchant Marine.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class George Degener.
 

Marine Corps veterans from the Marine Corps League Detachment 897, Port Angeles, Wash., perform a 21-gun salute during a Veteran' Day ceremony held at Coast Guard Sector Field Office/Air Station Port Angeles, Nov. 11, 2012.

Seven veterans fired their rifle three times in honor of our nation's veterans.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class George Degener.