The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Sergeant Lee A. Hahn (ASN: 37707497), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with the 24th Infantry Division, in action against the enemy near Matina Village, Mindanao, Philippine Islands, on 1 June 1965. An Infantry Company attacked a Japanese position about 800 yards northeast of Matina Village. The first platoon of the company, in which Sergeant Hahn was a squad leader, was halted by an extremely heavy concentration of machine gun, mortar, rifle, and 20-mm. dual-purpose cannon fire from the forward slope of a hill, which was the company’s objective. The platoon leader ordered one squad to attempt a flanking attack from the left, but it was stopped after it had advanced only a few yards. A second squad was ordered to envelope the enemy flank even further to the left, but it too was stopped after a very short gain. Sergeant Hahn was then ordered to attempt to take the enemy positions from the right with his squad. He maneuvered his men almost to the top of a small knoll on the platoons right flank before it was halted by the fire from two light machine guns and several riflemen. Although his squad could give him no covering fire, Sergeant Hahn took two rifle grenades and voluntarily ran and crawled 20 yards in front of his squad. He then fired the two rifle grenades from a standing position at the pillbox containing the 20-mm. cannon. Then he called for more grenades. Five rifle grenades were moved up to him, and he again exposed himself to the intense fire as he rose calmly to fire them, destroying the pillbox and the un and killing the crew. Sergeant Hahn then ran back through the intense machine gun fire to rejoin his squad and organize it as flank protection for the platoon. He pointed out the target guns to his men, and instructed them to furnish covering fore for him. Although his movements drew heavy fire from the Japanese riflemen and from the two machine guns, he managed to each a slightly covered position uninjured from which he located the enemy gun positions and directed fire on them. While on his knees pointing out the enemy position to his squad he was mortally wounded. The attack continued and the position, which consisted of ten pillboxes and an extensive system of trenches containing several automatic weapons, rifles, and knee mortars was overrun. Sergeant Hahn showed superb courage, pitting his judgment and tenacity of purpose against overwhelming odds that exemplified the highest degree of devotion to his country and the finniest traditions of the military service.