The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy and Marine Corps Medal to Chief Carpenter’s Mate Harvey C. Luchau, United States Naval Reserve, for heroic conduct as a crew member of Barge 651 on 27 November 1943. Chief Carpenter’s Mate Luchau and his comrades observed the crash of a PBY-5A in Summer Bay, Alaska. They brought the barge alongside the crashed plane and risked their lives in saving the ten officers and men of the plane crew.