The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy and Marine Corps Medal to Carpenter’s Mate First Class Louis J. Ciprari, United States Naval Reserve, for heroic conduct during World War II. Although painfully wounded by shrapnel during the assault on Sicily in July 1943, Carpenter’s Mate First Class Ciprari made several hazardous trips through the blazing radio room and assisted in rescuing his trapped shipmates. He then directed a fire-fighting party and assisted materially in bringing the fires under control.