The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Sergeant Myers S. Harriss (ASN: RA-34010079), United States Army, for gallantry in action as a member of the Medical Company, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2d Infantry Division, in action against an armed enemy on 6 September 1950, in the vicinity of Sibi-ri, Korea. Sergeant Harriss, a medical aidman, volunteered to accompany a rifle company in an assault on an enemy stronghold located on a high hill. The enemy dominated all approaches to the crest of the hill and met the assault with murderous automatic weapons, small arms, and mortar fire, which resulted in heavy casualties. In this situation, Sergeant Harriss served as an inspiring example of courage and selfless devotion to duty as he unhesitatingly remained with the most forward elements of the attack, deftly administering first aid, carrying the wounded to cover, exhorting them to remain calm and carrying them one by one down the slope to a litter jeep. As soon as he had removed one casualty he rushed back up the slope, heedless of the heavy enemy fire, and removed another wounded comrade. In four hours of desperate fighting, Sergeant Harriss thus aided and retrieved a total of thirty-five men from the line of fire. The gallantry and selfless devotion to his comrades displayed by Sergeant Harriss reflect great credit upon himself and uphold the highest traditions of the Military Service of the United States.