The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy and Marine Corps Medal to Gunner’s Mate Third Class William C. Bowling (NSN: 6049700), United States Naval Reserve, for heroism at the peril of his own life, attempting the rescue of his shipmates, while serving aboard the U.S.S. GREENE (APD-36), which as a result of the typhoon on 9 October 1945 was stranded on Kutaka Shima, Buccaneer Bay, Okinawa Gunto.