The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Private First Class Milford Louis Johnson (ASN: 20251720), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving as a Medical Aidman with the 27th Infantry Division at Saipan, Mariana Islands, on 25 June 1944. Private First Class Johnson, in the face of heavy enemy machine gun and rifle fire, in hilly wooded terrain with rocky slopes, made his way to a seriously wounded soldier and administered first aid to him. Because of the heavy fire, litter squads could not get to the wounded soldier. Private First Class Johnson carried him about 50 yards to safety in a rocky shelter.