(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Silver Star to Second Lieutenant (Field Artillery) Jack Motes, United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving as an artillery forward observer with the 118th Field Artillery Battalion, 30th Infantry Division, in action against the enemy on 14 January 1945, in Belgium. On that date, Second Lieutenant Motes repulsed a German counterattack by calling for artillery fire on his own position in a house he was using as an observation post. When the enemy entered the house he called for artillery fire by whispering into an infantry radio that he found in the basement. He then moved from the basement under intense enemy and friendly fire to his own radio on the third floor of the house to continue delivering fire instructions. The friendly fire killed or drove off all the enemy in the area. The gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty demonstrated by Second Lieutenant Motes, without regard for his own life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Army.