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 Ernest Hazelwood (ASN: 35693074), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with Medical Detachment, 319th Infantry Regiment, 80th Infantry Division, in connection with military operations against an enemy of the United States on 26 November 1944 in France. During an attack near Trittaling, France, on 26 November 1944, heavy enemy resistance caused numerous casualties in the assaulting rifle company. Technician Fifth Grade Hazelwood, the only Aid Man attached to the company at the time, gallantly performed his duties caring for over twenty wounded men on the battlefield despite the severe enemy fire falling in the area. An advance rifleman had received a fractured leg and lay but thirty yards from the enemy. Disregarding his own personal safety, Technician Fifth Grade Hazelwood crawled to the wounded man and, after pulling him to safety, administered first aid and prepared him for evacuation. Technician Fifth Grade Hazelwood’s courage and sincere devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit and the United States Army.