Alvin Kenneth Anderson

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star Medal to Alvin Kenneth Anderson, Boatswain’s Mate Second Class, U.S. Coast Guard, for conspicuous gallantry as coxswain of a scout boat wile attached to the U.S.S. CHARLES CARROLL (APA-28) during the amphibious assault to Salerno, Italy, on 9 September 1943. In the face of extreme hazards, Boatswain’s Mate Second Class Anderson proceeded through mined water an assigned position close offshore and maintaining this station for three hours under fire.