The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Lieutenant Colonel Twyman Ralph Hill (MCSN: 0-45538), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving as Commanding Officer of the First Military Police Battalion, Force Logistic Command, in connection with operations against the enemy in the Republic of Vietnam. During the morning of 30 January 1968, elements of Lieutenant Colonel Hill’s battalion were deployed as a blocking force to contain a combined unit of Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army Regulars who were preparing to attack the I Corps Tactical Zone Headquarters near DaNang. During the initial contact with the enemy, one platoon leader was mortally wounded and another was pinned down by heavy small arms and automatic weapons fire, preventing him from directing the actions of his men. Upon learning of the seriousness of the situation, Lieutenant Colonel Hill unhesitatingly left the relative safety of his command post and moved to the area of the intense fire fight to instantly appraise himself of the tactical developments. Immediately regrouping the members of the two platoons, he directed a heavy volume of fire on the enemy. Observing a wounded Marine lying in the exposed area approximately fifty meters to his front, he ignored the intense hostile fire around him and fearlessly moved across the fire-swept terrain and moved the injured man to a more protected position. Assured that the Marine was receiving medical aid, he returned to the area of heaviest contact where he continued to direct the actions of his men. Observing that another Marine had been wounded and lay exposed to hostile fire, he completely disregarded his personal safety and courageously raced into the hazardous area where he moved the injured man to a position of safety. Throughout the engagement, he repeatedly ignored the danger to his own life as he moved from one position to another, ably directing the fire of the Marines and encouraging his men. By his inspiring leadership, courageous actions and selfless devotion to duty throughout, Lieutenant Colonel Hill upheld the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and of the United States Naval Service.