The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to First Lieutenant Howard K. Goodman (MCSN: 0-8730), United States Marine Corps Reserve, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity as a member of Company M, Third Battalion, Fifth Marines, FIRST Marine Division, during action against enemy Japanese forces in the Solomon Islands on November 3, 1942. While temporarily attached to a battalion launching an assault against the enemy, First Lieutenant Goodman, in the face of heavy machine gun and mortar fire, led his platoon in three successive bayonet and hand grenade charges against the Japanese. By his outstanding leadership and courageous aggressiveness, he contributed to the annihilation of a hostile strong point of about one battalion, with minimum casualties to his own troops.