The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Coxswain Hansen E. Farmer, United States Naval Reserve, for gallantry in action as helmsman of an LCT in the invasion of Normandy, France, 6 June 1944. Coxswain Farmer was wounded by fragments of a 57-mm. shell but maintained his post at the helm all the while the craft was being beached, retracted and headed seaward again. His gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty, without regard for his own life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Naval Service.