The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy and Marine Corps Medal to Seaman Second Class Roy A. Shook, Jr., United States Naval Reserve, for heroic conduct as a crew member of Barge 651 on 27 November 1943. Seaman Second Class Shook and his comrades observed the crash of a PBY-5A in Summer Bay, Alaska. They brought the barge alongside the crashed plane and risked their lives in saving the ten officers and men of the plane crew. Seaman Second Class Shook dived into icy waters during the rescue operations and had to be treated later for exposure.