(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Seaman First Class George D. Vann, United States Coast Guard, was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for heroic conduct while service aboard a destroyer escort during the rescue of survivors of the torpedoed LEOPOLD in the North Atlantic on 9 March 1944. Courageously volunteering to assist in the rescue activities, Seaman First Class Vann went over the side into icy, oil-covered waters and secured life lines around exhausted survivors.