The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Major Arnold A. Lund (MCSN: 0-9029), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity as a Pilot and Tactical Air Coordinator of Marine Fighter Squadron THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-THREE (VMF-323), in action against enemy aggressor forces in Korea on 11 August 1950. Locating a long column of armed enemy vehicles hurriedly withdrawing from rapidly advancing ground forces west of Kosong, Major Lund led repeated attacks in the face of intense and accurate anti-aircraft fire which caused the loss of two of the five aircraft under his control. Skillfully directing the remaining aircraft, he continued the strike, immobilizing the retreating column so that subsequent flights were able to select the stationary vehicles and, by sealing both ends of the column, assisted materially in the final destruction of ninety percent of the remaining vehicles. By his superb airmanship, ability as a leader and courageous devotion to duty in the face of grave personal risk, Major Lund contributed directly to the ultimate rout of enemy troops in the southern sector of the Masan front, thereby upholding the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.