The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Navy and Marine Corps Medal (Posthumously) to Seaman First Class Raymond Chester Paternoster (NSN: 2244419), United States Navy, for heroic conduct while being transferred in a rubber boat from an accompanying vessel to his own ship during World War II. Seaman First Class Paternoster saw that his small craft would be crushed as strong winds drove the two ships together. He immediately hoisted a comrade to a rope overhead, lifting him clear of the main point of impact before he himself was fatally injured.