(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Chief Wilfred R. Jackson, United States Navy, was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for heroism at the risk of life not involving conflict with an armed enemy as a member of the trial crew from the Mare Island Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet, attached to the United States Naval Service. BENEVOLENCE, following a collision with the SS MARY LUCKENBACH in a heavy fog off the east coast of San Francisco, California, 25 August 1950.