Arthur Owen Garrett
Home Town: California
U.S. Coast Guard Book of Valor and Supplements
The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star Medal to Arthur Owen Garrett, Ensign, U.S. Coast Guard (Reserve), for gallantry and intrepidity in action in October 1944 as a member of an assault unit participating in the landing in Leyte Gulf, Philippine Islands. In the face of enemy rifle, machine gun and mortar fire Ensign Garrett bravely prepared the way for the operations of combat troops contributing greatly to the success of this mission.
