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 First Class A. T. Tooks (ASN: RA-14372 878), United States Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against a hostile force in Korea while serving in Company L, 32d Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, in action against the enemy on 11 July 1953, near Sokkogae, Korea. On that date, Sergeant Tooks was wounded early in an engagement with the enemy but refused to be evacuated. Sergeant Tooks personally supervised the evacuation of several members of his platoon who had been wounded by enemy artillery fire. Seeing that his battalion commander was trapped in collapsed bunker, Sergeant Tooks fought his way up the slope of the hill. After meeting the enemy in hand-to-hand combat Sergeant Tooks and his comrades finally reached the bunker and succeeded in evacuating the casualties. The gallantry displayed by Sergeant Tooks reflects great credit on himself and is in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service.