“WEIDNER FEARLESSLY SWAM CLOSE TO SHORE TO DESTROY UNDERWATER OBSTACLES AND SURVEY REEF CONDITIONS TO FACILITATE THE EXPEDITIOUS LANDING OF COMBAT ROOPS ON THE HEAVILY FORTIFIED BEACH…BY HIS DARING AGGRESSIVENESS AND COOL COURAGE IN THE FACE OF GRAVE PERIL, HE CONTRIBUTED TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR OPERATIONS AGAINST THIS VITAL JAPANESE STRONGHOLD”