The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy and Marine Corps Medal to Motor Machinist’s Mate Second Class Ralph H. Tozier, United States Naval Reserve, for heroic conduct as a member of a fire-fighting unit which boarded a vessel in Salerno Bay, 12 September 1943. Motor Machinist’s Mate Second Class Tozier courageously assisted in bringing the flames under control although under imminent danger from exploding land mines, gasoline and chlorine fumes.