The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Corporal Felix Del Giudice (MCSN: 648459), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity while serving as Leader of a Light Machine Gun Section of Company E, Second Battalion, First Marines, FIRST Marine Division (Reinforced), during operations against enemy aggressor forces in Korea on 29 November 1950. With his sector under vicious attack by a numerically superior hostile force employing machine guns, mortars, automatic weapons, and small arms, Corporal Del Giudice promptly maneuvered his unit into position to attack and, skillfully directing its fire, succeeded in annihilating all hostile troops to his immediate front. Observing the machine gun on his right flank out of action after moving his own weapon to another position to bring fire to bear on other targets, he unhesitatingly charged across the open fire-swept area and repaired the malfunction under the enemy’s direct fire and, after placing the gun back into action, personally manned it throughout a bitter action to repulse the attackers. By his daring initiative, gallant fighting spirit and heroic actions in the face of heavy odds served as an inspiration to all who observed him and reflect the highest credit upon Corporal Del Giudice and the United States Naval Service.