(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star (Army Award) to Lieutenant Stanley Wilk, United States Coast Guard, for gallantry in action as Commanding Officer of a Coast Guard-manned Army tug, in the rescue of 277 survivors of a torpedoed freighter. On the night of 5 December 1944, Lieutenant Wilk ordered his ship out of a Pacific convoy to aid the freighter. The stricken ship was taken in tow by the tug but was attacked again by enemy aircraft. After two unsuccessful attacks a direct hit was scored which sank the towed ship.