The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Corporal John J. Ivers (MCSN: 654965), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity while serving as a Radio Operator of Headquarters and Service Company, Second Battalion, Seventh Marines, FIRST Marine Division (Reinforced), in action against enemy aggressor forces in Korea on 3 November 1950. Stationed in the company command post when a strong hostile force suddenly attacked employing small arms, automatic weapons, grenades and mortars, Corporal Ivers unhesitatingly turned his radio over to another qualified operator and joined in the defense of the command post. Continually exposing himself to the intense barrage, he delivered accurate fire and, when a group of the enemy was discovered moving along a covered route leading to high ground which overlooked the command post, collected all available hand grenades and voluntarily moved alone up the ridge to intercept the attackers. In the ensuing action, he personally accounted for sixteen enemy dead and for the destruction of a machine gun. Corporal Ivers, by his daring initiative, courageous efforts and heroic fighting spirit, aided materially in the successful defense of the command post, thereby upholding the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.