Boder D. Jordan

The President of the United States takes pride in presenting the Silver Star Medal (Posthumously) to Boder D. Jordan (0-933850), Second Lieutenant (Quartermaster Corps), U.S. Army, for gallantry in action while assigned to the Sub-depot and Navigation Head at Bugo, Oriental Misamis, Mindanao, Philippine Islands, between 15 March 1942 and 9 May 1942. During this period, despite sudden and frequent bombing and machine gun fire from enemy aircraft and shelling from naval vessels, Second Lieutenant Jordan continued his duties uninterrupted, and after boarding and repairing the M/S Katipunan which a Japanese naval vessel had set adrift well out to sea, through his gallant leadership, he prevailed on the native crew to man it and accompany him on night coastwise trips through enemy infested waters, thus making possible the continuous supply of vital foodstuffs to the Lanao, Cagayan and Agusan Sectors, Mindanao, Philippine Islands.