Harold C. Miller

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star Medal to Harold C. Miller, Boatswain’s Mate Second Class, U.S. Coast Guard, for gallantry in action as coxswain of boat No. 3 of the U.S.S. McKEAN (APD-5) on 7 August 1942, during the landing on Tulagi Island, which boat with seven others constituted the first assault wave. Boatswain’s Mate Second Class Miller landed his embarked troops and then made repeated trips during that day and on the 8th and 9th in spite of heavy enemy fire to affect the landing of equipment ammunition and supplies on force at Taivu Point, Guadalcanal Island, thereby contributing to the successful operations in which the enemy were defeated.