The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Hospital Corpsman Third Class Twyman D. Mitchell, United States Naval Reserve, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy while serving as a Medical Corpsman with a Marine Infantry Company of the FIRST Marine Division (Rein.), FMF, in Korea, on 7 December 1950. Hospital Corpsman Third Class Mitchell, serving as Company Corpsman, displayed exceptional courage and bravery while his company was on the verge of being overrun by a battalion of enemy troops who were subjecting the company to heavy automatic fire and hand grenades. Despite mounting pain from a wound received by automatic fire, he declined to be evacuated and continued to administer first aid to the numerous wounded Marines. Not until after the fire fight had subsided and all other wounded men were evacuated did he allow himself to be evacuated to the battalion aid station. While at the aid station he learned that his company was without a corpsman, and realizing the seriousness of the situation, without hesitation, he walked and climbed over rough frozen terrain to return to duty. By his utter disregard for his own wound, which was serious enough to require his evacuation, he displayed a courage and unselfish devotion to duty that contributed greatly toward saving the lives of many wounded Marines who were suffering from extreme exposure. Hospital Corpsman Third Class Mitchell’s heroic actions were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.