The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Corporal Eldon F. Young (ASN: 39683567), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with Company H, 3d Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, in action on 21 December 1944, in the vicinity of ****, Belgium. While proceeding north through the town of ****, the platoon in which Corporal Young was an assistant squad leader was pinned down in open terrain by a cross fire from enemy cannons and machine guns. While attempting to crawl back to the safety of the reverse slope of the hill, one of the men of Corporal Young’s squad was seriously wounded. Corporal Young unhesitatingly left a position of cover and crawled to his aid through a curtain of fire. While in the process of dragging his wounded comrade to a position where he could receive medical aid, Corporal Young was himself seriously wounded in both legs by machine gun fire. This heroic and unselfish act was a source of inspiration to all who witnessed it and reflects great credit upon Corporal Young and the United States Armed Forces.