Coast Guard Base Alameda color guard members present

Coast Guard Base Alameda color guard members present the colors following a ceremony on Coast Guard Island in Alameda, California, Sept. 3, 2019, where the Coast Guard posthumously presented Purple Heart Medals to families of two Coast Guard members who suffered fatal wounds in the sinking of the Coast Guard Cutter Tampa Sept. 26, 1918. The Purple Heart Medals were presented to the families of Edward Kelleher and Arthur Deasy who lost their lives during the sinking of the Tampa, the single largest known loss of life for the Coast Guard during World War I with 111 Coast Guardsmen and four Navy sailors aboard. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Matthew Masaschi