The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy and Marine Corps Medal to Seaman Albert A. Aleman (NSN: 5771521), United States Navy, for outstanding courage during a fire which occurred on 9 June 1951 on the surface of the water in the vicinity of Wharf B and Pier C at the United States Naval Operating Base, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Seaman Aleman did, with utter disregard for his own personal safety, enter the flame-covered water to save another person in the naval service, who, being severely burned, was calling for help. While in the water, and after accomplishing the rescue, he called for a fire hose and extinguished flames underneath Pier O to which a YOG that had been receiving high test aviation gasoline was moored and thus, the danger to his own personal safety was further enhanced. His courage, daring, and initiative were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.