The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Lieutenant, Junior Grade [then Chief Electrician’s Mate] Roy W. Nevills, United States Navy, for gallantry in action while serving aboard a seaplane tender in the South Pacific area during World War II. Lieutenant, Junior Grade, Nevills had barely recovered consciousness after a bomb hit by a Japanese plane, when another hit cut the power and stopped his ship. Voluntarily proceeding to the forward engine room to make emergency repairs under conditions made hazardous by wet and short-circuited lines, he worked speedily and efficiently and succeeded in starting a generator. 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.