The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Surfman Glen Livingston Harris, United States Coast Guard, for gallantry in action as coxswain of a boat of the U.S.S. McKEAN (APD-5) on 7 August 1942 during the landing on Tulagi Island, which boat with seven other constituted the first assault wave. Surfman Harris landed his embarked troops and then made repeated trips during that day and on the 8th and 9th, in spite of heavy enemy fire to effect the landing of equipment, ammunition and supplies and on 8 September 1942, he made a landing against a Japanese force at Taivu Point, Guadalcanal Island thereby materially contributing to the successful operations in which the enemy were defeated.