The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy and Marine Corps Medal to Seaman First Class Tom M. Bryan (NSN: 6417923), United States Naval Reserve, for heroism at the risk of his own life. Seaman First Class Bryan attempted 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, Bukner Bay, Okinawa Gunto.