The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Warrant Officer (Junior Grade), [then Master Sergeant] Salvador F. Sanchez (ASN: 6283651), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with Battery L, 60th Cost Artillery (Anti-Aircraft) Regiment, at Fort Mills, Corregidor, Philippine Islands, on 2 January 1942. The roof of the command post bomb shelter caved in as a result of bombing from a hostile aerial attack, entombing an officer and several enlisted men. Efforts of a rescue party were halted by explosions form a burning ammunition dump nearby and the party was forced to take shelter in a communication trench. Despite continuous danger from the shifting ruins of the shelter, prolonged bombing by the Japanese, and explosions in the dump, Warrant Officer Sanchez left his place of comparative safety and voluntarily joined three others in an effort to extinguish the fire and rescue the stricken men. The group succeeded in putting out the fire and rescuing the living personnel from under the debris. The heroic action by Warrant Officer Sanchez under conditions of grave danger reflect marked credit on himself and the United States Army.