The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Technical Sergeant Leroy W. Dodge, United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against enemy aggressor forces in Korea while serving as a Platoon Sergeant, attached to Company D, Second Battalion, Fifth Marines, FIRST Marine Division, on 24 September 1950. Assuming command of the right flank of the company when his company commander became a casualty while assaulting Hill 90, Technical Sergeant (then Staff Sergeant) Dodge aggressively led his men against a heavily armed, well dug-in enemy force, while shouting commands and words of encouragement to his small unit. Under his courageous leadership in the face of intense fire from three sides, heavy losses were inflicted upon the enemy and an entrance into Seoul from the northwest was made possible. By his quick initiative and heroic actions throughout, Technical Sergeant Dodge upheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.