Dodgers to Recognize Service Member from Fallbrook

LOS ANGELES, CA — The Los Angeles Dodgers will recognized a service member from Fallbrook at Monday night's game against the Philadelphia Phillies at Dodger Stadium.

The Military Hero of the Game will be retired U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Jerry Green of Fallbrook. Green conducted maritime search and rescue, law enforcement and counter-narcotic operations across the world, including rescuing several commercial fishing boats off the coasts of Maine and Canada.

Green was selected as an initial maritime member of a multi-agency task force to counter terrorism threats to U.S. ports after the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988 that killed all 243 passengers and 16 crew members, with the plane crashing in Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 11 more people on the ground.

Green retired in 2001 after 26 years in the Coast Guard.

The first 40,000 fans in attendance will receive a No. 42 pin as part of the Retired Numbers Pin Series, honoring the number worn by Hall of Fame second baseman Jackie Robinson.

Pregame ceremonies, including the national anthem and ceremonial first pitch, will begin at 6:57 p.m., with the game set to start at 7:10 p.m.

— City News Service, photo courtesy of the Los Angeles Dodgers