The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy and Marine Corps Medal to Chief Gunner’s Mate Barton McPherson Brooks (NSN: 2562503), United States Navy, for outstanding heroism in performing a hazardous assignment. On 5 January 1943, while serving on board the U.S.S. GRAYBACK (SS-208) on a war patrol of that Submarine, he accompanied Lieutenant Jesse A. Davis, U.S. Naval Reserve, ashore on Rendova Island, then occupied by the enemy, and greatly assisted that officer in effecting the rescue of six survivors of a U.S. Army Air Forces bomber, and bringing them on board his ship. His actions and conduct were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.