(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Hospitalman Apprentice First Class Ralph Gillespie, United States Navy, was awarded the Silver Star for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action as a Medical Corpsman attached to an Infantry Battalion of the Twenty-Eighth Marines, FIFTH Marine Division, in action at Iwo Jima, on 3 March 1945. His gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty, without regard for his own life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Naval Service.