The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Lieutenant Albert Royal Olsen (NSN: 0-81348), United States Navy, for outstanding gallantry and intrepidity in action in the line of his profession as Navigator of the Destroyer U.S.S. DUNLAP (DD-384), who prior to and during the action against a Japanese force in Vella Gulf, Solomon Islands, on the night of 6 – 7 August 1943, supplied information which greatly assisted the Task Group Commander to maneuver his force through narrow, imperfectly charted waters at high speed during poor visibility. Lieutenant Olsen as Radar Evaluator during the engagement continuously supplied accurate data which enabled the Task Group Commander to place the Division in a firing position for a devastating torpedo attack, and who further supplied accurate data for the torpedo control and gun director parties of the U.S.S. DUNLAP, resulting in great destruction to the enemy ships. His conduct throughout was in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.