(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Boatswain’s Mate First Class William M. McMillan, United States Coast Guard, was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for heroism as a member of the crew of a Coast Guard Cutter during rescue operation off the coast of France in June 1944. Boatswain’s Mate First Class McMillan, when another craft was hit by enemy shell fire and many of her crew thrown into the water, volunteered to go over the side and try to rescue survivors. Though his gallant action the lose of life was kept at a minimum.