The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Captain (Air Corps), [then First Lieutenant] Warren C. Shipp (ASN: 0-666839), United States Army Air Forces, for gallantry in action in aerial flight on 17 March 1945, while serving as Pilot of a B-29 Superfortress Bomber of the 484th Bombardment Squadron, 505th Bombardment Group (Very Heavy), TWENTIETH Air Force, from a base in the Mariana Islands. Captain Shipp was Airplane Commander of a B-29 aircraft engaged in a night incendiary attack on the city of Nagoya. Four hundred miles from the target, number two and three engines lost cylinder head temperature. However, fully cognizant of the importance of lighting the target area as pathfinder aircraft, Captain Shipp elected to continue. On the bomb run flak knocked out the Loran navigation set and two engines, setting the engines on fire, and necessitating their being feathered. After bombs away, he dived the B-29 to 2,500 feet altitude in a successful attempt to extinguish the fires. On the turn off the target engine number one was hit by flak in the oil lines. With only two engines operating, the long return trip was begun. Two hundred miles from Iwo Jima this engine lost all oil and had to be feathered. The crew as immediately alerted for an imminent ditching on one engine. This was successfully accomplished so that all crew members escaped safely and were later picked up by a friendly surface craft. By his courageous leadership, determination to bomb the target, and superior flying ability, Captain Shipp dealt the enemy a serious blow and succeeded in saving the lives of his crew. The gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty demonstrated by Captain Shipp, 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.