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 James E. Fuller (ASN: 36303918), United States Army, for gallantry in action as a member of the 27th Infantry Division, in action against the enemy near Charan Danshii, Saipan, Mariana Islands, on 24 June 1944. While in action against enemy machine guns, which pinned down a battalion reconnaissance party, Technician Fifth Grade Fuller, with the assistance of a Marine soldier, and while under fire of an enemy machine gun, brought to safety four wounded Marines.