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Local Students Graduate from Coast Guard Academy

The military academy graduated a class of 223 people, which includes international students.

Vice President Joe Biden delivered the keynote address to the 223 new cadets and their family of the 132nd graduating class of the Coast Guard Academy Wednesday.  

  • Daniel Christian Spangler, of Waterford, who will serve on the cutter Boutwell in San Diego, Calif.
  • Jonathan Edward Paquette, of Groton, who will serve on the cutter Dependable at Cape May, N.J. 
  • Catherine Mary Schmitz, of Stonington, who will serve on the cutter Richard Etheridge at Miami Beach, Fla.
Biden said to today's graduates, "Thank God you answered the call. You chose to answer that difficult but noble calling, to risk your life in service to the nation so that others might live."  

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