Chief Boatswain's Mate Maxie Berry, Sr., USCG, was the Officer in Charge of the historic Pea Island Station, NC, in the early 1940's. BMC Berry was one of 22 members of his family that have served their country in the U.S. Life-Saving Service and U.S. Coast Guard. Berry's father, Joseph H. Berry, joined the Life-Saving Service in 1897.