The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Corporal Robert J. Chenoweth (MCSN: 323895), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity while serving with Marine Aircraft Group FOURTEEN in the Solomon Islands Area. On October 13, 1942, Corporal Chenoweth, with utter disregard for his own personal safety, courageously left his place of shelter during a severe shelling by Japanese naval forces in order to release men pinned to the earth by a fallen tree. On October 18, he again risked his life to rescue an officer trapped in a plane which was burning and dangerously near the explosion point. His undaunted courage on both these occasions was responsible for saving the lives of men who otherwise might have perished.