He was part of the rescue team of the Pendelton:
On February 18, 1952 the Coast Guard rescued a total of 70 men from two T2 tank vessels, the Fort Mercer and the Pendleton, which had both split in two under the pressure of navigating a raging storm with 70-knot winds and 60-foot seas off the coast of Cape Cod. For this, the greatest small-boat rescue in Coast Guard history, Boatswain Mate First Class Webber, Engineman Second Class Andrew Fitzgerald, Seaman Richard Livesey and Seaman Irving Maske all received the Gold Lifesaving Medal, the Coast Guard’s highest decoration for heroism during a rescue operation.
On February 18, 1952 the Coast Guard rescued a total of 70 men from two T2 tank vessels, the Fort Mercer and the Pendleton, which had both split in two under the pressure of navigating a raging storm with 70-knot winds and 60-foot seas off the coast of Cape Cod. For this, the greatest small-boat rescue in Coast Guard history, Boatswain Mate First Class Webber, Engineman Second Class Andrew Fitzgerald, Seaman Richard Livesey and Seaman Irving Maske all received the Gold Lifesaving Medal, the Coast Guard’s highest decoration for heroism during a rescue operation.
He was part of the rescue team of the Pendelton:
On February 18, 1952 the Coast Guard rescued a total of 70 men from two T2 tank vessels, the Fort Mercer and the Pendleton, which had both split in two under the pressure of navigating a raging storm with 70-knot winds and 60-foot seas off the coast of Cape Cod. For this, the greatest small-boat rescue in Coast Guard history, Boatswain Mate First Class Webber, Engineman Second Class Andrew Fitzgerald, Seaman Richard Livesey and Seaman Irving Maske all received the Gold Lifesaving Medal, the Coast Guard’s highest decoration for heroism during a rescue operation.
On February 18, 1952 the Coast Guard rescued a total of 70 men from two T2 tank vessels, the Fort Mercer and the Pendleton, which had both split in two under the pressure of navigating a raging storm with 70-knot winds and 60-foot seas off the coast of Cape Cod. For this, the greatest small-boat rescue in Coast Guard history, Boatswain Mate First Class Webber, Engineman Second Class Andrew Fitzgerald, Seaman Richard Livesey and Seaman Irving Maske all received the Gold Lifesaving Medal, the Coast Guard’s highest decoration for heroism during a rescue operation.
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