The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy and Marine Corps Medal to Lieutenant William L. McRaven, United States Navy, for heroic conduct while serving aboard a United States Submarine during a war patrol in enemy controlled waters during World War II. Under constant threat of attack by enemy submarines and aircraft, Lieutenant McRaven, as Aviation Advisor, assisted in the landing of personnel on an emergency airplane landing strip in the Aleutian Islands, Territory of Alaska, despite an unprotected beach and bad flying weather.