(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Corporal Sidney S. Nason (ASN: RA-24884551), United States Army, was awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action as a member of the 26th Infantry Scout Dog Platoon, in action against the enemy on 24 October 1952. Corporal Nason was separated from his dog by a grenade explosion near Kumhwa, Korea, but picked himself up and fired his carbine until it was blown from his hands. He then found enough pieces of his gun to re-assemble it and engaged the enemy in a 45-minute fire fight that blistered his hands.