(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Commander Wallace R. Storm, United States Navy, was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal (Posthumously) for heroism at the risk of life not involving conflict with an armed enemy as Pilot of a Fighter Plane in Composite Squadron FOUR (VC-4), based aboard U.S.S. WASP (CVA-18), on 23 January 1954. Lieutenant Commander Storm maneuvered his plane toward the least obstructed area of the flight deck to avoid crashing into parked aircraft and personnel, averting a probable disaster.