The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting Legion of Merit to Boatswain’s Mate First Class John V. Goleniecki, United States Coast Guard, for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States while attached to a U.S. Transport during the assault on and occupation of French Morocco, 8 to 11 November 1942. When the members of his support boat landing northeast of Fedala, were attacked by hostile planes and ground forces, consequently being uncut off the from the other landing groups, Boatswain’s Mate First Class Goleniecki volunteered to man a rubber boat in order to contact our forces and obtain assistance. With the aid of a shipmate he affected a daring escape despite difficult conditions and hostile fire and reaching his objective the same evening, furnished the Attack Force Commander with the first information of the beleaguered group.