WASHINGTON - Coast Guard Vice Commandant, Vice Adm. David Pekoske, retired Coast Guardsman and Gold Lifesaving Medal recipient, Andy Fitzgerald, Casey Sherman, co-author of the book "The Finest Hour" and Coast Guard Chief of Staff, Vice Adm. John Currier stop for a group photo following the Coast Guard Headquarters Annual Prayer Breakfast, Nov. 4, 2009. The theme of the event was "Celebrating our Guardian Ethos" and featured remarks from Sherman about his research for the book, along with a first hand account of the rescue by Fitzgerald, a crewmember aboard the 36-foot motor lifeboat that rescued 32 sailors from the stern of the SS Pendleton after the ship broke in half during a storm near Cape Cod, Mass., Feb. 18, 1952. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Kip Wadlow.