Edward Finn

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star Medal to Edward Finn, Corporal, U.S. Army Air Force, for gallantry in action while serving with the 42d Bombardment Squadron, 11th Bombardment Group (Heavy), during the Japanese aerial attack on Hickam Field, Territory of Hawaii, on 7 December 1941. Corporal Finn, having no previous instruction in the mechanism of machine guns, secured and mounted a .50 caliber machine gun, and delivered effective fire upon the enemy.

Authority: “Heroes of Pearl Harbor”, Donald K. & Helen L. Ross