The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy and Marine Corps Medal to Interior Communications Electrician Third Class Ronald J. Gangloff, United States Navy, for heroic conduct on the night of 5 November 1960 while serving on board U.S.S. CERO (SS-225), moored to a pier in the Detroit River at Detroit, Michigan. Upon hearing a disturbance on deck, Interior Communications Electrician Third Class Gangloff immediately proceeded topside and sighted a sinking cabin cruiser. Observing that two of the craft’s three passengers had reached safety, but the third was clinging to the sinking craft which was drifting away in a swift current, he quickly sounded an alarm to summon aid and unsuccessfully attempted to pass a safety line to the victim. Interior Communications Electrician Third Class Gangloff then entered the frigid water and swam approximately 25 yards to the man. The craft had sunk and the man was struggling to stay float. Despite the strong current, darkness, and the struggles of the victim, Interior Communications Electrician Third Class Gangloff managed to tow him close enough to shore to grasp a safety line passed by a shipmate.