The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Sergeant Harold J. Tubbs (MCSN: 430754), United States Marine Corps Reserve, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity while serving as a Member of Company I, Third Battalion, First Marines, FIRST Marine Division in action against enemy Japanese forces on Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands on 23 May 1945. When enemy artillery fire ignited white phosphorous shells and caused the detonation of high explosive projectiles in a mortar ammunition dump, Sergeant Tubbs, in company with another Marine, unhesitatingly began to remove the ammunition from the area, and despite severe burns about his hands and arms continued to clear the shells from the fire until all danger to his comrades in the area was eliminated. By his initiative, concern for the welfare of others and untiring devotion to duty, Sergeant Tubbs upheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.