The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Private First Class Carroll D. Parman (MCSN: 547158), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity while serving as an ammunition bearer of Company F, Second Battalion, Twenty-fifth Marines, FOURTH Marine Division in action against enemy Japanese forces on Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands on 28 February 1945. During an intense enemy attack Private First Class Parman observed hostile fire kill or wound all the members of a machine gun squad, thereby rendering the weapon accessible to the enemy. When the enemy was approaching the gun under intense protective rifle fire he went forward alone to the weapon and succeeded in retrieving it thereby preventing its falling into the hands of the Japanese. His bold initiative and courageous fighting spirit reflect the highest credit on Private First Class Parman and the United States Naval Service.