HARRY R. MEAD, Radioman Second Class, U.S. Navy was awarded the Navy Cross for distinguished service, extraordinary courage and disregard of his own safety during the air attack on the Fleet in Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii, by Japanese forces on December 7, 1941. Mead voluntarily remained in the Utility Wing Base Radio Station, Naval Air Station, Pearl Harbor, and performed the duties necessary in connection with carrying out radio operations during an air attack, all other personnel of that radio station being required to take shelter in the Operations Building of the Naval Air Station. Furthermore, later in the day he volunteered and went as radioman in a plane on a search mission.