The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy and Marine Corps Medal to Quartermaster Third Class Robert C. Bain, United States Navy, for heroism while serving with the Naval Advisory Group, United States Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, on 6 March 1966. While traveling in the city of DaNang, Republic of Vietnam, Quartermaster Third Class Bain noticed an excited crowd gathered near a water-filled excavation. Upon learning that a small Vietnamese boy had fallen into the water, he immediately climbed over a barbed wire fence surrounding the excavation and dived into the water. Following two attempts to locate the boy in the muddy water, Quartermaster Third Class Bain succeeded in recovering the victim and brought him to the surface. He then administered mouth-to-mouth resuscitation for a period of approximately ten minutes until the child started breathing. His prompt, skillful and decisive actions in the emergency undoubtedly saved the boy’s life.