The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy and Marine Corps Medal to Chief Quartermaster Joseph Roberti, United States Navy, for heroic conduct on 25 May 1942, in rendering valuable assistance in rigging an emergency antenna and in supervising the restoration of the bridge to normal operation, although he was painfully wounded when he was blown from the bridge to the well deck when the U.S.S. BLAKELEY was undergoing an enemy torpedo attack.