Robert P. Elmer, Jr.
Home Town: Connecticut
U.S. Coast Guard Book of Valor and Supplements
The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star Medal to Robert P. Elmer, Jr., Lieutenant (j.g.), U.S. Coast Guard (Reserve), for conspicuous gallantry in action while serving as officer in charge of salvage boat while attached to the U.S.S. JOSEPH T. DICKMAN (AP-26) during the assault at Salerno, Italy, on 9 September 1943. Braving intermittent enemy bombing and strafing attacks, Lieutenant (j.g.) Elmer skillfully directed the recovery of damaged and stranded assault craft upon the various landing beaches.
