The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy and Marine Corps Medal to Radioman First Class Arsenio R. Del Fattore, United States Navy, for heroic conduct when his patrol craft grounded of Australia, 22 June 1943. Radioman First Class Del Fattore accompanied an officer and two other men in launching the wherry and setting out for the mainland in a squall. When one man was dragged beneath the surface by undertow, he hauled him back to the reef and, despite severe foot lacerations, returned his dazed comrade to the stranded ship.