The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Technician Fifth Grade Dorsie C. Elan, United States Army, for gallantry in action in connection with a military operation against an armed enemy while serving as a Medical Corpsman with the Medical Detachment, 387th Infantry Regiment, 97th Infantry Division. While advancing on Nemenreuth, Germany, on 28 April 1945, a rifle platoon received sudden fire from enemy automatic weapons at a range of 700 yards. The first burst of fire inflicted four casualties and for half an hour the platoon was held in place along an open road. Disregarding the enemy fire falling in the area Technician Fifth Grade Elan moved among the wounded men giving aid and assisting in removing them to covered locations. Technician Fifth Grade Elan’s gallantry under hostile fire reflects great credit upon himself and the Armed Forces.