The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Aviation Survivalman First Class Roger Chivers, United States Coast Guard, for heroism while participating in aerial flight on the evening of 7 December 1990 while serving as a rescue swimmer aboard Coast Guard HH-3F CGNR 1435, engaged in the perilous rescue of three survivors from the motor vessel NORSAL in Hecate Strait, British Columbia. Arriving on scene, Petty Officer Chivers deployed in complete darkness, into 25-foot seas, 50-knot winds, and 35-degree water. He towed one survivor clear of the life raft for a hoist, but twice the basket was ripped from his hands and the victim flushed from the basket as the helicopter was blown backwards by the violent winds. Each time, Petty Officer Chivers relocated the survivor and after 25 minutes, both she and Petty Officer Chivers were safely hoisted. When the raft was relocated, Petty Officer Chivers again deployed. He removed the remaining two survivors from the raft one by one, towing each clear of the raft to the hoist basket. After both survivors were hoisted aboard, Petty Officer Chivers was hoisted to the aircraft and immediately began to assist in treating the hypothermic survivors. Petty Officer Chivers’ actions, skill, and valor were instrumental in the rescue of three victims. His courage, judgment, and devotion to duty are most heartily commended and are in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Coast Guard.