The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Hospital Corpsman Second Class Thomas Stephen Donovan (NSN: 9132355), United States Navy, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving as Senior Corpsman with Company F, Second Battalion, Fifth Marines, FIRST Marine Division, in the Republic of Vietnam, on 2 June 1967. During Operation UNION II, while Company F was advancing toward a designated objective, it was taken under intense mortar, recoilless-rifle, and automatic-weapons fire from a well-entrenched, numerically superior enemy force. The company was temporarily halted in the middle of a large, open, rice paddy, sustaining numerous casualties due to extremely accurate enemy fire. Without hesitation, Petty Officer Donovan moved across the fire-swept field, heedless of the hail of bullets, to administer lifesaving treatment to the fallen Marines. After performing first aid, he then courageously carried several Marines to covered positions. When the Company Commander asked for volunteers to assault a machine-gun position behind enemy lines, Petty Officer Donovan immediately volunteered to accompany the group in order to treat casualties which would probably result from such a dangerous mission. Painfully wounded while treating an injured comrade, he nonetheless continued with his mission of treating the Marines and assisting them to covered positions until he was again wounded, this time fatally. Petty Officer Donovan’s heroic conduct, selfless courage, and resolute devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.