User:Geo Swan/Daniel Tarr

Daniel Tarr was a sailor in the United States Coast Guard, who earned a Silver Star for his command of landing craft during the amphibious assault on Tulagi, during World War 2.

Tarr, and three other Coast Guard sailors were assigned to the USS McKean, a World War One flush-deck destroyer that had been modified to be a fast amphibious transport. The McKean had four pair of large davits installed, to hand four landing craft. Vessels like the McKean were modified to carry a company of Marines.

The Tulagi assault was the first USA's first amphibious assault in the Pacific in World War Two. Tarr and the other three coxswains were awarded Silver Stars.