The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Sergeant Harvey B. Sanders (MCSN: 655617), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity while serving as a Squad Leader of Company C, First Battalion, Seventh Marines, FIRST Marine Division (Reinforced), in action against enemy aggressor forces in Korea on 28 May 1952. Although painfully wounded by the initial burst of enemy automatic weapons fire while he was leading his unit in an assault on a heavily defended and well-entrenched position, Sergeant Sanders refused medical aid and continued to advance through intense grenade, small arms and automatic weapons fire. Skillfully maintaining complete control of his men, he effectively directed their fire and personally destroyed an enemy machine gun emplacement, killing the crew and the riflemen who were protecting the position. By his aggressive fighting spirit, courageous initiative and selfless devotion to duty, Sergeant Sanders served to inspire all who observed him and contributed materially to the success of the attack, thereby upholding the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.