The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Private First Class Raymond W. Tedrow, Jr. (MCSN: 426121), United States Marine Corps Reserve, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity while serving as a Gunner of a Machine Gun Squad of Company B, First Battalion, Twenty-fifth Marines, FOURTH Marine Division in action against enemy Japanese forces on Iwo Jima on 21 February 1945. When the company attack had been halted by heavy enemy machine gun and mortar fire, Private First Class Tedrow moved forward to a position from which he observed an active enemy emplacement armed with his light machine gun he advanced across the open terrain and firing his weapon as he went, pinned down the enemy in the emplacement until he could direct accurate fire into it. Setting up his machine gun he fired the rest of his ammunition through an embrasure in the emplacement thereby neutralizing this position and aiding his company in continuing its advance. His aggressive fighting spirit and devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.