The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Lieutenant (DC) Roy E. Schaeffer, United States Navy, for gallantry in action as a Dental Officer on board the U.S.S. PRESIDENT ADAMS during landing operations on Gavutu Island, 8 and 9 August 1942. In volunteering to pilot three loaded amphibian tractors over a difficult and hazardous route under continuous enemy sniper fire, Lieutenant Schaeffer accomplished a task previously attempted in vain by tractor crews and succeeded in reaching the shore with urgently needed supplies although he had run aground on reefs three times in the darkness and rain. On his return trip to the ship he and his boat crew salvaged an abandoned ramp boat from a reef on which it was lodged, carrying on this operation within range of Japanese snipers on shore. 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.