The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Private First Class Donald J. Slattery (ASN: 32377286), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with the Medical Detachment, 2d Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3d Infantry Division. During the attack against enemy positions near San Fratello, Sicily, 6 August 1943, Private First Class Slattery, an Aid Man with Company F, repeatedly went out into intense enemy mortar and machine gun fire to administer first aid to the wounded. In order to reach the wounded of an adjacent company not his own, he several times crossed 200 to 600 yards of open terrain, covered with anti-personnel mines, and swept by fire from four enemy machine guns and 40 riflemen, and intense mortar fire. During these trips men were wounded on either side of him, one man being seriously wounded by machine gun fire 10 yards distant, another receiving a shrapnel wound while but 5 yards from Private First Class Slattery, who continued in his untiring efforts to bring first aid to the wounded. Private First Class Slattery’s bravery under heavy enemy fire, his gallant devotion to duty, resulting in the saving of many lives of members of his own and adjacent companies, reflect the finest traditions of the Medical Corps and upon himself and the entire military service.