(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Seaman Apprentice John N. Gardner, United States Coast Guard, was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for heroic conduct in effecting the rescue of survivors from the torpedoed S.S. DORCHESTER 3 February 1943. When the benumbed survivors were unable to make any efforts to climb on board the rescue ship, Seaman Apprentice Gardner volunteered for the dangerous task of going over the side and working in the rough, freezing water to assist the exhausted survivors in reaching safety. He and his fellow volunteers rescued a total of 93 survivors from certain death.