The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Coast Guard Medal to Boatswain’s Mate Second Class Keith L. Endicott, United States Coast Guard, for heroism on the afternoon of 11 September 1989 while serving as coxswain of Coast Guard Surf Rescue Boat (SRB) 30612 during the rescue of seven survivors from the pleasure boat NONNIE’S PAPA. The vessel had capsized in 10 to 15-foot surf while entering Barnegat Inlet. Arriving on scene, Petty Officer Endicott found several people in the water and others clinging to the vessel’s overturned hull. Unable to come alongside the hulk to rescue a man, woman, and child due to the surf crashing on a shoal, Petty Officer Endicott relinquished the helm to his engineer and jumped into the water. Disregarding his own safety, he swam to the victims, pulled them through the surf to his boat, and began cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the unconscious woman. When she failed to respond, he rushed the victims to waiting medical help ashore, and despite his ordeal, returned to the accident scene. Skillfully maneuvering his boat in the raging surf, he then remained alongside NONNA’S PAPA to support and recover the rescue swimmers and divers searching the capsized boat for other survivors. Petty Officer Endicott demonstrated remarkable initiative, exceptional fortitude, and daring in spite of imminent personal danger in this rescue. His courage and devotion to duty are most heartily commended and are in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Coast Guard.