The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to First Lieutenant (Coast Artillery Corps) Morris Loeb Shoss (ASN: 0-22973), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with Battery C, 91st Coast Artillery Regiment, Philippine Scouts, in action at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands, on 12 April 1942. When a heavy enemy artillery bombardment on his battery position caused injuries to several men of the battery, Lieutenant Shoss, acting beyond the call of duty and without regard for his personal safety, left a place of shelter and proceeded to a telephone in the battery commander’s station to call for an ambulance, and then assisted in evacuating the wounded men to a place of safety, during all of which time shells were bursting nearby, one being a direct hit on the top of the station in which Lieutenant Shoss was telephoning. The gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty demonstrated by First Lieutenant Shoss, 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.