(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Seaman Second Class Joseph F. Hammond, United States Coast Guard, was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for heroism while serving as a volunteer member of a boat crew engaged in rescue operations during a fire in Harbor, Territory of Hawaii, on 21 May 1944. Under great personal danger from fire and explosions he assisted in rescuing 42 survivors some whom were injured and exhausted from the water and from burning ships.