The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy and Marine Corps Medal to Boatswain’s Mate First Class James T. Dixon, United States Navy, for heroism while serving as duty Master-at-Arms aboard U.S.S. SELLERS (DDG-11), on the morning of 10 September 1964, while the ship was moored in Naples Harbor, Naples, Italy. A shipmate obtained a pair of .45 caliber pistols and threatened the lives of all those who passed within his range. Boatswain’s Mate First Class Dixon, with full knowledge that the man had already fired at another crew member, proceeded unarmed to the vicinity of the signal bridge in an attempt to disarm him. Although he was threatened, Boatswain’s Mate First Class Dixon proceeded, still unarmed, and after several minutes of conversing with the man, Boatswain’s Mate First Class Dixon succeeded in disarming him and placing him under arrest.