The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Captain (Corps of Engineers), [then First Lieutenant] Frank M. Reed (ASN: 0-1557895), United States Army, for gallantry in action as a member of Company A, 2d Engineer Combat Battalion, 2d Infantry Division, in action against an armed enemy on 1 September 1950 in the vicinity of Yongsan, Korea. On that date Captain Reed’s platoon was defending its positions against repeated attacks by a numerically superior enemy force. After suffering heavy casualties, the platoon was pinned down by intense enemy automatic weapons fire. Perceiving that the sheer weight of the enemy onslaught was threatening the success of the defensive action, Captain Reed circled the flank of the enemy’s automatic weapons position and opened fire with his carbine. Under his accurate fire 27 enemy fell dead and remnants, demoralized by his audacious, single-handed charge, fled in disorder. The gallantry displayed by Captain Reed reflects the highest great upon himself is in keeping with the fine traditions of the military service.