MARO P. JOHNSON, Company A, 107th Quartermaster Battalion, United States Army. For extraordinary heroism in action near Cape Sudest, New Guinea, on November 16, 1942. When enemy airplanes attacked and set fire to a number of small ships carrying United States Army personnel and supplies, Private Johnson courageously volunteered as a member of a rescue party without regard for his own safety. With the party, he boarded a small coastal vessel which proceeded to the aid of personnel from the blazing ships. In spite of repeated enemy bombing and strafing attacks, the party continued its search for survivors until long after dark.

Mr. Johnson resided in Indiana.