The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Private First Class Hubert Eason (MCSN: 899572), United States Marine Corps Reserve, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity with Company K, Third Battalion, Twenty-Fifth Marines, FOURTH Marine Division, during action against enemy Japanese forces on Saipan, Mariana Islands, 16 June 1944. Although seriously wounded in both legs when his company was pinned down by concentrated enemy machine-gun and artillery fire during an attack against a vital ridge, Private First class Eason gallantly continued to press the attack and, dragging himself to a more advantageous position for delivering return fire, steadfastly refuse evacuation until all other wounded had been removed from the ridge. By his daring initiative, outstanding fortitude and cool and courageous action on behalf of others at great risk to his life, Private First Class Eason served as an inspiration to his comrades and upheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.