The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy and Marine Corps Medal to Boatswain’s Mate Second Class Wilbur H. Grose, Jr., United States Navy, for heroic conduct on 15 December 1961 while serving with Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit One, Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii. Engaged in diving operations at a depth of 75 feet in waters off Pearl Harbor Entrance when a fellow diver experienced difficulty and began to go into convulsions, Boatswain’s Mate Second Class Grose, along with another diver, quickly moved to assist the victim to the surface. Despite the great personal danger from the physiological effects of emergency ascent from the ocean depths, Boatswain’s Mate Second Class Grose persisted in his rescue efforts at the same time taking the necessary actions to prevent further mishap to the disabled diver.