(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Pharmacist’s Mate Second Class Raleigh A. Dillard, United States Navy, was awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action as a Hospital Corpsman attached to the Second Battalion, Twenty-Sixth Marines, FIFTH Marine Division, at Iwo Jima, in March 1945. His gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty, 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 Naval Service.