The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Second Lieutenant Julius E. Goldblatt (MCSN: 0-8727), United States Marine Corps Reserve, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while attached to the Second Battalion, Fifth Marines, FIRST Marine Division, during combat with enemy Japanese forces at the mouth of the Katanikau River, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, on 27 September 1942. During an operation in which Second Lieutenant Goldblatt’s platoon was acting as point, one of his men was seriously wounded and another who attempted to rescue him was also shot down by the strongly entrenched enemy. With utter disregard for his own personal safety, Second Lieutenant Goldblatt unhesitatingly crawled across an open area, swept by heavy Japanese fire, to the place where the men were lying, and brought them to safety. His great courage was in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.