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 First Lieutenant (Coast Artillery Corps) Franklin D. Johnson (ASN: 0-2204436), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy of the United Nations while serving with Battery D, 15th Anti-Aircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion (Self Propelled), 7th Infantry Division, in action near the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea, on 28 November 1950. On this date, the Command Post of the First Platoon of the Battery was taken under heavy enemy attack, and the occupants of the Command Post were in grave danger of being killed or captured. The Battery Commander called for volunteers to go to the relief of the besieged Command Post. Although just previously wounded in the shoulder by enemy fire, Lieutenant Johnson unhesitatingly joined the patrol and succeeded at great personal risk to cross open ground under intense enemy automatic weapons, small arms and mortar fire to carry out an attack against the enemy force. He courageously took a number of enemy under fire with his carbine and killed them. As a result of his courage the patrol was successful in destroying many of the enemy and forcing the remainder to flee, thereby saving the personnel still alive in the Platoon Command Post. The actions of Lieutenant Johnson on this occasion were in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army.