The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Private First Class Richard A. Radigan (MCSN: 318475), United States Marine Corps Reserve, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity while serving with the First Marines, FIRST Marine Division, during an engagement with enemy Japanese forces in the Matanikau River area, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, on October 5, 1942. With utter disregard for his own personal safety, Private First Class Radigan daringly made three successive trips to the front lines in his Jeep under a hail of enemy artillery fire and evacuated wounded comrades to a place of safety. His grim determination and heroic devotion to duty in the face of grave danger were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.