The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Navy and Marine Corps Medal (Posthumously) to Warrant Officer Donald Neale Hugo (NSN: W-697098), United States Navy, for heroism on 29 July 1967, while serving as Flight Deck Boatswain aboard U.S.S. FORRESTAL (CVA-59). When a fire broke out on the flight deck detonating fuel cells and bombs aboard parked aircraft, Warrant Officer Hugo broke out a fire hose and began pouring water onto the burning aircraft. While directing efforts of his men to control the fire, he was fatally injured when a bomb detonated.