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 Henry C. Blair, United States Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy while serving with the Battery A, 15th Anti-Aircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion (Self Propelled), 7th Infantry Division, in action at Hoengsong, Korea, on 12 February 1951. On that date, Corporal Blair was in charge of an M-16 multiple machine gun half-track which was protecting a road intersection to permit the passage of the vehicles of a tank force near Wonju, Korea. While his M-16 was engaged in firing at the enemy, Corporal Blair heard a call for assistance from his Section Chief who had discovered eight seriously wounded soldiers in a burning house. Corporal Blair unhesitatingly made his way to the house through intense enemy fire to assist in carrying the wounded men to a place of comparative safety, after which he helped to load them onto passing vehicles for evacuation. Corporal Blair’s gallant actions resulted in saving the lives of eight men and were in keeping with the highest traditions of military service, reflecting great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army.