The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy and Marine Corps Medal to Torpedoman’s Mate Second Class Jimmie L. Rainey, United States Navy, for heroic conduct on the night of 9 November 1962 while serving on board U.S.S. VOLADOR (SS-490), which was undergoing conversion at the San Francisco Naval Shipyard. When a fire broke out under the pier at which VOLADOR was berthed, and spread rapidly out of control, Torpedoman’s Mate Second Class Rainey manned the ship to get her underway. In the face of great danger, he scaled the staging around the ship’s sail to throw burning planks overboard until he was forced to retreat because of the intense heat and smoke. Realizing that the bow of the vessel was made fast to the pier by a wire cable, he dashed into the heavy smoke and flames and succeeded in casting off number one line and the bow mooring wire. Through his prompt, courageous, and efficient actions, Torpedoman’s Mate Second Class Rainey was greatly instrumental in enabling VOLADOR to get underway in a minimum of time, and in preventing his ship from sustaining serious damage or possible destruction.