The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Second Lieutenant (Field Artillery) George Sam Buck, United States Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving as a member of the 39th Field Artillery Battalion assigned as Forward Observer to Company K, 3d Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3d Infantry Division. Company K was committed to the defense of Outpost Harry, a strategically valuable position, when the enemy launched a reinforced regimental sized attack against the company. Second Lieutenant Buck moving about the outpost units while constantly exposing himself to direct enemy fire effectively called for defensive fire from the supporting indirect fire units. Learning that the enemy had reached the trenches he returned to the company command post on the outpost. Second Lieutenant Buck took a position just inside the command bunker and along with the company commander and executive officer; they repulsed several attempts by the enemy to seize the command post. The enemy threw grenades into the bunker, seriously wounding the company commander and mortally wounding the executive officer, both being knocked unconscious. Lieutenant Buck although seriously wounded remained at the bunker entrance protecting those inside the bunker and rendered first aid to the company commander. Repeatedly the enemy attempted to enter the bunker only to be denied entrance by the deadly carbine fire from Lieutenant Buck. He remained in radio contact with support units. When it became apparent that the position was untenable, he called for artillery fire upon his position, stopping the enemy advance. The enemy threw more grenades into the bunker knocking Lieutenant Buck down, this time wounding him in the leg and arm. On two more occasions when enemy soldiers stepped into the doorway to fire, Lieutenant Buck killed them, denying the enemy control of the command post and saving the life of his fellow soldiers. Finding that his carbine was jammed as the enemy entered the bunker, he wiped blood from his wounds on to his face and lay still beside the two unconscious company officers. When the K Company officers started to regain consciousness, the enemy shot them both, killing the executive officer and again wounding the company commander. Reinforcements drove the enemy from the outpost and not until Lieutenant Buck’s Artillery forward observer replacement arrived, did Lieutenant Buck leave the outpost. Second Lieutenant Buck’s valorous conduct and unflinching courage reflect lasting glory upon himself and uphold the noble traditions of the military service.