The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy and Marine Corps Medal to Lieutenant Frank R. Herbert, United States Navy, for heroic conduct during the hours of darkness on the early morning of 18 February 1962, while serving on board U.S.S. TALUGA (AO-62), en route to rendezvous with units of the SEVENTH Fleet. When two crew members were swept overboard from TALUGA by an unusually large wave, Lieutenant Herbert unhesitatingly dived into the rough waters, swam a distance of approximately 40 yards to the victims, and succeeded in bringing them to the ship’s side, where heavy seas washed them away before they could be brought on board. When the men were again sighted, Lieutenant Herbert once more entered the water and brought them alongside the ship where all were lifted to safety.