The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Technical Sergeant Wayne H. Kerr (MCSN: 325372), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity while serving with Headquarters Squadron, Marine Aircraft Group TWELVE (MAG-12), in action against enemy aggressor forces in the Korean Area on 8 November 1950. Voluntarily carrying out an urgent rescue mission from Wonsan to Majon-ni, Technical Sergeant Kerr flew a light observation aircraft which was unequipped for night or bad weather flying through winding mountain passes in darkness, thick haze and low hanging clouds, using a flashlight to illuminate his instruments. Reaching his destination after a flight of about twenty miles at tree-top level despite the constant threat of ground fire from the hundreds of guerrillas in the surrounding hills, he effected a skillful landing on a small hastily-improvised airstrip lighted only by headlamps of trucks and jeeps, picked up a critically wounded Marine and returned to Wonsan under the same precarious conditions. His skilled airmanship, loyal and heroic actions reflect the highest credit on Technical Sergeant Kerr and the United States Naval Service.