(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Seaman First Class James Lee, United States Coast Guard, was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for heroism on 20 April 1944, while serving on board the U.S.S. MENGES off the Algerian coast. When a U.S. destroyer on convoy escort duty was attached and sunk by enemy bombing planes, the U.S.S. MENGES proceeded to the rescue of survivors. Seaman First Class Lee, while the ship was picking up survivors voluntarily at great personal risk, repeatedly went over the side into the oil covered water in order to more effectively aid the wounded and shocked survivors of the stricken ship, who otherwise would have been unable to save themselves. His tireless work contributed materially to the saving of many men who might otherwise have been left.