The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Sergeant Edward Myers (MCSN: 259358), United States Marine Corps Reserve, for extraordinary heroism as a Tank Commander of Company C, First Tank Battalion, FIRST Marine Division, in action against enemy Japanese forces on Peleliu, Palau Islands, 15 September 1944. Operating in support of an infantry platoon attacking powerful enemy forces in a densely wooded area, Sergeant Myers constantly exposed himself to intense hostile small-arms fire to communicate with infantry personnel from the turret of his tank. Subsequently hit in the face by fragments from an enemy grenade which rendered his turret machine gun inoperative, he steadfastly refused medical aid and continued to direct his tank throughout the attack, thereby contributing in large measure to the destruction of seven enemy pillboxes, three mortars and three field guns. By his initiative, courage and devotion to duty throughout this hazardous operation, Sergeant Myers upheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.