(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to First Lieutenant (Infantry) Robert Dana McBride, United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with a special operations unit on classified missions in Korea, in 1953. First Lieutenant McBride led his men in a surprise assault against the Communists and captured 82 of them. While withdrawing, he stemmed an enemy assault and saved one of his men who could not swim to the rescue boats. The gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty demonstrated by First Lieutenant McBride, without regard for his own life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Army.