The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Private First Class Raymond W. Haynes (MCSN: 506165), United States Marine Corps Reserve, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity while serving with an Assault Demolition Team attached to the First Battalion, Eighteenth Marines (Engineer) in action against enemy Japanese forces during the invasion of Tarawa, Gilbert Islands; as a member of a Navy Underwater Demolition Team, during the Marshall Islands Operation and as a Member of an Underwater Demolition Team attached to the First Battalion, Eighteenth Marines (Engineer), SECOND Marine Division during the invasion of Saipan and Tinian, Mariana Islands. Frequently under intense hostile fire, preceding the vital assaults on these enemy held Islands, Private First Class Haynes carried out the hazardous duties of an underwater demolition man, assisting in clearing the invasion lanes of explosive and anti-landing boat obstacles. By his skill and courageous devotion to duty, Private First Class Haynes upheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.