WELLFLEET, Mass.- Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Thad Allen takes his seat at a memorial service for Bernard Webber at the Wellfleet United Methodist Church in Wellfleet, Mass., Saturday, May 9, 2009. Webber, 80, died Jan. 24, 2009, at his home in Melbourne, Fla. Webber began his 20 year career in the Coast Guard in 1946 and was the coxswain of a 36-foot motorized, wooden lifeboat during the historic rescue of the crew of the Pendleton, a 520-foot tanker, off the coast of Chatham, Mass., Feb. 18, 1952, where 32 lives were saved in the midst of 60-foot seas and winds exceeding 50 miles per hour. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 2nd Class Etta Smith)
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