The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Corporal Irvin W. Snow (MCSN: 928990), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity while serving as a Crew Chief of an Amphibian Tractor of Company H, Eleventh Amphibian Tractor Battalion, FIFTH Marine Division, in action against enemy Japanese forces on Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, on 19 February 1945. Volunteering to carry a critically needed cargo of flame throwers, fuel and nitrogen gas cylinders to a battalion which was holding up its attack pending the arrival of this vital equipment, Corporal Snow traveled over open ground and, despite artillery near misses which covered his tractor with shrapnel and debris, persistently drove forward to deliver his cargo to the waiting battalion and assist in the unloading. Remaining exposed to hostile fire until a blood transfusion had been given a seriously wounded man at a nearby aid station, he loaded this man and several other casualties aboard his tractor and transported them to a place of safety. His outstanding courage and devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.