The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy and Marine Corps Medal to Shipfitter Second Class T. G. Vandagriff, United States Navy, for heroic conduct following the attack on Pearl Harbor, on 7 December 1941. Shipfitter Second Class Vandagriff voluntarily engaged in diving operations incident to the salvage of vessels damaged at Pearl Harbor and made many dives under extraordinarily hazardous conditions inside submerged vessels for a total of more than 100 hours of successful underwater work.