DATE: May 10, 2007 12:46:20 PM EDT

PHILADELPHIA - Coast Guard auxiliarist David Berlin (pictured at right) is congratulated after receiving a National Defense Service Medal at the Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay facility here Wednesday, May 9, 2007.
Berlin was awarded the medal, more than 50 years after he was discharged from the Navy, for his service during the Korean War.
Berlin is a native of Mount Laurel, N.J., who has served for 24 years in Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 13-03, Fifth District Northern Region.
Also pictured is Lt. Bill McKinstry, Sector Delaware Bay.
U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 1st Class Kyle Niemi