Capt. Benjamin Cooper, the commander of Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay, and Susan Haines, the National Director of Exercise Tiger Foundation, present Petty Officer 1st Class James Maida with the inaugural Petty Officer Nathan Bruckenthal Award for Courage. The annual ceremony pays tribute to the 749 sailors and soldiers who lost their lives April 28, 1944, during The Battle of Exercise Tiger, which began as a top secret naval operation designed to prepare troops for the June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class David Micallef