The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Corporal Robert T. Lindstrom (MCSN: 1174260), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity while serving as a Tank Driver of the Anti-Tank Company, First Marines, FIRST Marine Division (Reinforced), in action against enemy aggressor forces in Korea on 18 April 1952. When his tank was hit by an enemy artillery shell and began to burn while he was participating in an attack against heavily fortified enemy positions, Corporal Lindstrom, realizing that the fire was getting out of control, quickly emerged from the vehicle, pried open the assistant driver’s hatch And pulled his wounded assistant from the tank to the safety of a nearby bunker despite heavy enemy mortar and artillery fire. Although the flaming vehicle was laden with gasoline and ammunition, he bravely drove it to a defiladed position and extinguished the fire with sand. By his courage, quick thinking and resolute determination, Corporal Lindstrom was directly responsible for saving the life of another and salvaging valuable equipment, thereby upholding the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.