The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Navy Cross (Posthumously) to Corporal Andrew V. Poulin (MCSN: 422507), United States Marine Corps Reserve, for extraordinary heroism as Assistant Leader of a Rifle Squad serving with the First Battalion, Twenty-First Marines, THIRD Marine Division, in action against enemy Japanese forces at Asan-Adelup, Guam, Mariana Islands, on the night of 25 – 26 July 1944. Occupying a position with his squad in the line held by his company during a fierce enemy Banzai charge, Corporal Poulin volunteered to man a machine gun which had previously been put out of action and, courageously advancing fifty yards under heavy concentrations of Japanese fire, successfully gained his objective, restored the gun to action and relentlessly fought of the hostile attack, killing at least ten of the enemy before he was mortally wounded. Corporal Poulin’s splendid initiative and indomitable fighting spirit in the face of grave peril enabled his comrades to re-man other crewless guns, thereby contributing materially to the repulsion of the enemy attack, and his self-sacrificing devotion to duty was in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.