The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to First Lieutenant (Infantry) August John Dielens, Jr. (ASN: 0-62563), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving as a Platoon Leader with Company F, 2d Battalion, 8th Cavalry (Infantry) Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, in action against the enemy near Yangji, Korea, on 25 January 1951. First Lieutenant Dielens’ platoon was protecting one flank of Company F’s perimeter against repeated Chinese assault. In one of the continuing series of attacks, the platoon’s machine gun position was overrun. First Lieutenant Dielens immediately organized an assault team and led a charge to regain the weapon. Using grenades and bayonets, First Lieutenant Dielens and his men destroyed the enemy force and recaptured the machine gun. The heroic action of First Lieutenant Dielens materially aided the maintaining of the defense perimeter against terrific pressure exerted by a numerically superior enemy. The gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty demonstrated by First Lieutenant Dielens, without regard for his own life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Army.