The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Technician Fifth Grade Harold J. Lange (ASN: 36334871), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving as a Medical Aidman with Company C, 1st Battalion, 320th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division, in action in the **** Sector, Normandy, France, on 12 July 1944. Technician Lange, an Aid Man, crawled across a hedgerow and into an open field swept by enemy machine gun fire in order to administer first aid and evacuate a scout who had been seriously wounded while reconnoitering ahead of his company. The gallantry and zealous devotion to duty on the part of Technician Lange in placing the welfare of a wounded comrade above his personal safety, reflect the highest credit upon his character as a soldier and upon the Medical Department of the Army of the United States.