RADM EDWARD C. KENNEY, (then Lieutenant Commander) Medical Corps, United States Navy. For extraordinary heroism as senior Medical Officer aboard the U.S.S. BOISE during action against enemy Japanese forces off Cape Esperance, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands on the night of October 11-12, 1942. After the early part of the action, when hazardous conditions forced him to evacuate wounded personnel from sick bay to the wardroom, Lieutenant Commander Kenney, carrying on until that area also became untenable, removed them to the galley. There, under adverse conditions and with restricted facilities, he continued to administer to them and others with such superb professional skill that not a single injured man under his charge died as a result of wounds sustained. His cool courage and persistent devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.