The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Navy and Marine Corps Medal (Posthumously) to Motor Machinist’s Mate Third Class Kent Rowley Collins, United States Naval Reserve, for heroic conduct when the parting of a cable on a davit of the LST 197 during the landings at Anzio on 22 January 1944, threw a boatload of troops into the water. Motor Machinist’s Mate Third Class Collins plunged into the sea and helped rescue the heavily laden men. While members of the ship’s company threw life rings and jackets to the struggling men, he removed packs from the backs of soldiers and contributed materially to the saving of several lives.