The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Corporal Herman F. Strain (MCSN: 910596), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity while serving as Leader of a Rifle Squad in a platoon of Company E, Second Battalion, Twenty-fifth Marines, FOURTH Marine Division, during action on enemy Japanese-held Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, 10 March 1945. After two unsuccessful attempts had been made to destroy four enemy bunkers which were holding up the advance of his platoon, Corporal Strain crawled forward to a point from which he could observe the Japanese and, while under constant heavy fire, skillfully fired rockets at the enemy emplacements until they were all destroyed. His extreme courage, initiative and self-sacrificing devotion to duty contributed materially to the advance of his company and reflect the highest credit upon Corporal Strain and the United States Naval Service.