(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Petty Officer Third Class John Brantley Rawlins (NSN: 5518547), United States Navy, was awarded the Silver Star (Posthumously) for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving as First Loader on a 40-mm. gun aboard the U.S.S. AARON WARD (DM-34), off Okinawa, on 3 May 1945, when his ship was hit by Kamikazes. 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.