The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Sergeant Herbert E. Blizard (MCSN: 855060), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity while serving as a member of Battery H, Third Battalion, Eleventh Marines, FIRST Marine Division (Reinforced), in action against enemy aggressor forces in Korea on 7 December 1950. When heavy fire from hostile machine guns covering a roadblock held up part of a large truck convoy, Sergeant Blizard voluntarily braved enemy fire to lead a tank through the darkness to a strategic point where he assisted in directing effective fire to silence the enemy weapons. Returning immediately to his battery position during a fierce hostile attack, he directed the fire of his howitzer at point-blank range on the advancing enemy troops and, although seriously wounded by a hostile mortar shell, resolutely remained at his post until the attack was repulsed with many casualties inflicted upon the enemy. By his quick initiative, personal courage and indomitable devotion to duty, Sergeant Blizard contributed materially to the successful arrival of the convoy at its destination, thereby upholding the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.