Albert W. Meyers

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Albert W. Meyers (380606), Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps (Reserve), for extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty while serving as a Member of a Rifle Squad of Company E, Second Battalion, Twenty-Second Marines (Reinforced), First Provisional Marine Brigade, in action against enemy Japanese forces on Engebi and Parry Islands, Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands, 18 to 23 February 1944. Outstanding in his performance of duty under heavy mortar and machine-gun fire, Private First Class Meyers defended his position on the main line of resistance, meeting with courage and dogged tenacity suicidal thrusts of the enemy in which only three of his squad survived. When, in a later engagement, he was caught with his platoon by two Japanese machine guns firing from the rear, he ran headlong into the hostile positions firing as he went, silencing both guns by his unselfish heroic action. By his great personal valor, initiative and devotion to duty, Private First Class Meyers contributed materially to the success of the operations against the enemy and upheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.

SPOT AWARD, Commander in Chief, Pacific Forces: Serial 11172