The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Corporal Lowell A. Anderson (ASN: 17027320), United States Army Air Forces, for gallantry in action against the enemy while serving as an Aerial Gunner of a B-25 Medium Bomber of the Far East Air Force, in in an aerial reconnaissance over New Guinea, on 7 May 1942. Corporal Anderson helped to fight off more than 45 minutes of a persistent attack by an enemy Zero fighter. He was instantly killed when the plane was forced to make a crash landing on a coral reef near Port Moresby, on 8 May 1942. The gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty demonstrated by Corporal Anderson, without regard for his own life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Army Air Forces.