Raymond F. Jesek

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star Medal to Raymond F. Jesek, Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Force, for gallantry in action while serving with the 7th Bomber Command, during the attack on Hickam Field, Territory of Hawaii, by Japanese forces (aircraft) on 7 December 1941. Staff Sergeant Jesek, though already wounded, proceeded to drive an ambulance through strafing and bombing, picking up wounded and taking them to the hospital.

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