The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Private Hobert L. Pack (MCSN: 537180), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity while serving as a rifleman in an assault platoon of Company I, Third Battalion, First Marines, FIRST Marine Division in action against enemy Japanese forces on Peleliu, Palau Islands on 15 September 1944. With his platoon pinned down by heavy automatic fire emanating from two strong enemy pill boxes, Private Pack with another member of his squad braved the intense fire and crawling forward to an advantageous position, directed accurate rifle and grenade fire. After delivering his initial fire, he advanced and assaulted the two enemy pill boxes, annihilating the eight occupants with hand grenades and hand to hand fighting, thereby enabling his platoon to continue the attack. His courage and devotion to duty reflect the highest credit upon Private Pack and the United States Naval Service.