The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Corporal Carl D. Sears (ASN: RA-15422619), United States Army, for gallantry in action as a member of the Medical Company, 23d Infantry Regiment, 2d Infantry Division, in action against an armed enemy on 1 September 1950 in the vicinity of Changnyong, Korea. During the early morning hours of this date he was attached to an infantry company as an Aid Man. When the enemy attacked with numerically superior forces, surrounding a platoon, Corporal Sears responded to the call for aid despite the direct fire of the enemy and went from position to position, helping the wounded. Later on that morning, a patrol was organized to evacuate the casualties to the battalion aid station and Corporal Sears was placed in charge of four litter cases. En route to the aid station he and his four wounded men were separated from the patrol and surrounded by the enemy, In the face of this apparently hopeless situation, he fought off the enemy long enough to gain the protection of a large draw on the side of the hill for his wounded men. Corporal Sears carried one of the wounded men on his back for a distance of approximately three miles, even though he was under constant enemy fire, and pinned down several times by close-in machine gun fire. The gallantry displayed by Corporal Sears on this occasion reflects great credit upon himself and is in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service.