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 Harold G. Tucker (ASN: 32923397), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with the Medical Detachment, 319th Glider Field Artillery Battalion, 82d Airborne Division, in action on 18 September 1944, near ****, Holland. Immediately after landing by glider, Private First Class Tucker, Aid Man, assembled fourteen critically wounded men approximately three hundred yards behind the front lines and gave them first aid, though continually under strafing enemy small arms and machine gun fire. Disregarding his own personal safety, Private Tucker made several trips into the area under fire to remove the wounded men to a safer place. He cared for the wounds of the men and stayed with them for fifty hours, administering to their needs until it was possible to evacuate them. Some of the men were seriously wounded and probably could not have survived without the aid given them by Private Tucker. His conduct at all times exemplified the highest traditions of the Service.