The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Navy and Marine Corps Medal (Posthumously) to Boatswain’s Mate Third Class Lawrence F. Lingo, Jr., United States Navy, for heroic action in saving the life of one boy and attempting to save another on the beach at Hollywood-by-the-Sea, near Port Hueneme, California, on 25 April 1965. Hearing the cries of the two boys, who were caught in a rip-tide and were being swept out to sea, Boatswain’s Mate Third Class Lingo swam into the tide and pulled one boy from the current. He then returned in an effort to reach the second boy. In sacrificing his own life during this heroic attempt, Boatswain’s Mate Third Class Lingo upheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.