The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy and Marine Corps Medal to Ensign Charles T. Harbin, United States Navy, for heroic conduct while serving aboard a United States Submarine during a war patrol in enemy controlled waters during World War II. Protected only by a face mash, Ensign Harbin voluntarily risked his life in entering treacherous, shark-infested waters to remove a fouled torpedo tube gasket and install another. Fully aware that a sudden appearance of hostile surface vessels or aircraft during these operations would force his ship to submerge immediately and leave him helpless, he continued his work which enabled the ship to continue her patrol and inflict further damage on the enemy.