The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Corporal Victor E. Goslin (MCSN: 484051), United States Marine Corps Reserve, for extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty while serving as a Squad Leader in a Rifle Platoon of Company C, First Battalion, Twenty-Second Marines, SIXTH Marine Division, in action against enemy Japanese forces on Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 10 May 1945. Successfully leading his squad in the assault on a heavily defended hostile position with a minimum of casualties, Corporal Goslin personally accounted for three of the Japanese during the action. When the enemy counterattacked that night, he formed his squad on a higher position in order to defend his assigned area more easily and, in the course of the ensuing battle, annihilated fifteen additional hostile soldiers. Quick to act when an enemy grenade was thrown at his foxhole on one occasion, he courageously deflected the grenade with his hand, undoubtedly saving the lives of his companions. By his gallant fighting spirit, leadership and devotion to duty, he contributed materially to our success in attaining the objective, and upheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.