The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy and Marine Corps Medal to Radioman Third Class Jack Barnabus Evans (NSN: 2533685), United States Navy, for heroism displayed while attached to and serving on board the U.S.S. OZBOURN (DD-846) during the operations of that ship with Task Force SEVENTY-SEVEN in the Sea of Japan on 10 January 1954. On that date at about 2115 local time in darkness, under gale conditions, and in falling snow, a wave washed two men over the side of the adjacent screen ship, U.S.S. CONE (DD-866): Davis, Mandell To., BM2, USN and Lloyd, William P., BM3, USN. OZBOURN joined CONE ion the search for the two men, and approximately thirty minutes later these men were sighted by personnel of the CONE, which was not then in position to effect recovery. The OZBOURN was maneuvered close to the men, lying to upwind and rolling approximately 35 degrees. The men in the water were nearly helpless, numbed by the cold. The situation was made even more complex by the imminent danger to an OZBOURN man, Parrack, Bobby Dean, SN, USN, who had jumped in the sea to bring the two men alongside and whose tending line had become entangled about his neck. Upon seeing the helplessness of all three men in the water, Radioman Third Class Evans of the OZBOURN, with complete disregard for his own safety, voluntarily jumped into the water and went to the assistance of the three almost paralyzed men. The swift, heavy rolls of the ship lying to in the trough of the sea were such that at one moment the deck was awash and the next the bilge keel exposed, the seas and ship’s motion alternately pounding Radioman Third Class Evans and the other men against the side and carrying them away. Undaunted by these tremendous obstacles Radioman Third Class Evans made his way to the group in the water and disengaged the tending line; then although in danger of being swept away himself, he towed Parrack to a position where a line could be secured about his chest. Radioman Third Class Evans by this time was completely exhausted and had to be dragged from the water to the deck of the ship, but not before he had insured that Parrack was safe. One of the CONE men, Lloyd, was brought on board successfully. The other, torn from the grasp of rescuers by the seas, was swept over the side of the CONE, nearby, and later lost. Radioman Third Class Evans’ heroic conduct and steadfast devotion to duty during this rescue were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.