The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Lieutenant (MC) Victor S. Falk, United States Navy, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action on 13 – 14 October 1942 while attached to the FIRST Marine Aircraft Wing at Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. Lieutenant Falk left his place of comparative safety and took an ambulance through intense enemy fire to pick up two injured officers and take them to the division hospital. Later he brought casualties in an ambulance to Henderson Field and accompanied them on a plane to a base hospital. 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.