The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Captain (Infantry) Edwin Robert Shorey (ASN: 0-349210), United States Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy while serving with Cannon Company, 442d Regimental Combat Team, attached to the 34th Infantry Division, near Sassetta, Italy, on 26 June 1944. In an attempt to recover a jeep, rendered inoperative in an exposed position by 88-mm. fire, Captain Shorey, with his motor sergeant and driver, came under such heavy enemy fire that it was necessary to seek cover behind a small shed-like construction. While in this position the motor sergeant was wounded. Captain Shorey unhesitatingly threw his body across that of the injured man, protecting him from the burst. Despite the uninterrupted shelling of the area, Captain Shorey continued to administer first aid to the sergeant, and during a lull in the enemy’s shelling evacuated him to the aid station. His actions, without regard for his own safety, reflect great credit on himself and the Armed Forces of the United States.