The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting a Gold Star in lieu of a Second Award of the Silver Star to First Lieutenant Thomas N. Greene (MCSN: 0-18181), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity as an Artillery Forward Observer, attached to Battery C, First Battalion, Tenth Marines, SECOND Marine Division, in action against enemy Japanese forces on Saipan, Mariana Islands, 23 June 1944. Voluntarily accompanying a six-man infantry patrol to a ridge in front of the lines in order to select an observation post for controlling artillery fire and observing hostile activity, First Lieutenant Greene reached the objective in Japanese territory and held it until friendly troops arrived the following day. Gaining and holding the vantage point despite heavy enemy fire, he was able to observe hostile mortar positions firing into the battalion command post and, by his accurate direction of artillery fire, contributed materially to the silencing of the enemy guns and to the success of our forces in carrying out their attack. His courage and devotion to duty reflect the highest credit upon First Lieutenant Greene and the United States Naval Service.