The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy and Marine Corps Medal to Aviation Radioman Second Class Herman R. Ludwig, United States Navy, for heroic conduct during the occupation of French Morocco on 8 to 11 November 1942. When his plane crashed into the sea, Aviation Radioman Second Class Ludwig, after he had inflated his life raft and was safely afloat, noticed that his pilot was in distress and proceeded immediately to his rescue.