(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Aviation Structural Mechanic Third Class John S. Minarick, United States Navy, was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for heroism at the risk of life not involving conflict with an armed enemy as an Aircrewman of a helicopter attached to U.S.S. PRINCETON (CVL-23), in effecting the rescue of an aircraft pilot from drowning in the Sea of Japan off Wonsan, Korea, on 5 December 1950.