(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Fireman First Class Robert G. Vile, United States Coast Guard, was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for extremely heroic conduct while serving aboard a Guard Cutter in attempting the rescue of survivors of a sinking U.S.A.T. When a small boat containing 32 survivors of the sinking ship was so violently thrown by the rough seas that three men were thrown over the side, Fireman First Class Ville volunteered to go to the rescue of the Helpless men. Disregarding a northerly gale, snow, the near freezing temperature of the water, and the battered exhausted condition of two shipments who had previously attempted similar rescue, Fireman First Class Ville made his way to the survivor and towed him back to the Cutter.