The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Private John F. Tronsor, Jr. (MCSN: 564097), United States Marine Corps Reserve, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity while serving as a Rifleman of Company H, Third Battalion, Twenty-ninth Marines, SIXTH Marine Division in action against enemy Japanese forces on Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands on 7 June 1945. Participating in an attack by his company, Private Tronsor volunteered to rescue a man lying wounded at the mouth of a cave covered by enemy fire and undaunted by wounds sustained in his arm and leg on two trips to the cave succeeded in moving the wounded man to safety and then refused medical aid and evacuation until other casualties had been cared for. His courage, fortitude and devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.