The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy and Marine Corps Medal to Lieutenant Henry A. V. Post, United States Navy, for heroism at the risk of life not involving conflict with an armed enemy in rescuing a laborer from drowning in lower New York Bay on 3 November 1942. A few seconds after the man had been struck unconscious and thrown over the side by a marker buoy, Lieutenant Post, although hampered by heavy winter clothing, dived into the water, rescued the injured man before he could go down the second time and supported him against a strong tidal current until, with the aid of a line, he was brought alongside a lighter.