On the night of February 18, 1952, BM1 Bernard Webber and his volunteer crew of three braved 60-foot seas and 70-knot winds in a 36-foot motorized lifeboat to rescue 32 crewmen from the stricken tank vessel Pendleton. The four rescuers received the Treasury department's coveted Gold Lifesaving Medal for "extreme and heroic daring" during the Pendleton rescue.
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