The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Landsman Walter Elmore, United States Navy, for gallant and heroic conduct while serving on board the U.S.S. Gettysburg; for jumping overboard and saving from drowning Wallace Febrey, Landsman, while that vessel was under way at sea in latitude 36 degrees 58 minutes north, longitude 3 degrees 44 minutes east, 1 October 1878.