The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Sergeant Carl A. Evans (MCSN: 412348), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity while serving as a Machine Gun Section Leader of Weapons Company, First Battalion, Fifth Marines, FIRST Marine Division (Reinforced), in action against enemy aggressor forces in Korea on 7 December 1950. The first to observe a strong hostile force approaching in a concentrated attack against his company’s defense perimeter, Sergeant Evans immediately put his machine guns into action and reported the presence of the enemy to the company commander. Painfully wounded in his left arm by hostile small arms fire during the ensuing action, he staunchly refused to be evacuated and, despite the severe pain and the bitter sub-zero temperatures which had frozen the blood beneath his clothing, continued to direct and control the accurate and effective fire of his section to account for approximately forty casualties in the enemy’s ranks. Spotting several hostile mortar emplacements forward of the front lines and located where he could not engage them with his machine guns while observing from his exposed position, he made an accurate report on the positions to supporting weapons and, continuing his valiant efforts until the attack had been repulsed, remained with his section throughout the withdrawal from Hagaru-ri to Majon-dong. By his superb leadership, outstanding courage and aggressive determination in the face of heavy odds, Sergeant Evans contributed to the successful defense of his company’s perimeter, thereby upholding the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.