The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Sergeant [then Corporal] Henry T. Pertee (ASN: RA-13155338), United States Army, for gallantry in action as a member of Company E, 2d Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, in action against an armed enemy in Korea. On 28 July 1950, when his platoon in the vicinity of Hwanggan, Korea, was subjected to a large volume of hostile fire from a hill immediately to the front of the position, Sergeant Pertee volunteered to assist in assaulting the enemy position in order to silence the hostile barrage. During the assault, he manned a rocket launcher to destroy an enemy machine gun which threatened the attack, killed our enemy with his rifle, and inspired the remaining members of the assault squad to seize the objective. Sergeant Pertee’s dauntless courage and outstanding devotion to duty reflect great credit upon himself and uphold the highest traditions of the United States Army.