By Senior Chief Alan Haraf
Former Coast Guard member, Walter Scobie, center, visits Stannard Rock Lighthouse with family members June 17, 2015. Scobie was stationed at the lighthouse in 1961 when an explosion killed a Coast Guardsman, damaged the inside and caused him and two others to be stranded for three days before being rescued. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Senior Chief Alan Haraf)
Walter Scobie remembers June 18, 1961 when his quiet morning was shattered by an explosion that ripped through the Stannard Rock Lighthouse where he was stationed.
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