The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Captain Beryl B. Sessions (MCSN: 0-35037), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity as Pilot of a Plane in Marine Fighter Squadron THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-THREE (VMF-323), in action against enemy aggressor forces in Korea on 21 December 1951. Observing that another aircraft was disabled by enemy flak while he was leading a division on a strike against hostile rail facilities near Sinchang-ni, Captain Sessions immediately joined flight with the stricken plane in the face of intense ground fire and assumed the responsibility of directing the damaged aircraft to a safe area. With the disabled plane rapidly losing altitude, he ordered the pilot to bail out, promptly directed survival aircraft to the scene and, throughout a period of ninety minutes, carried out repeated low-level passes over the downed airman in the face of heavy enemy fire. Although his plane sustained five hits by hostile ground fire, he bravely remained on station over the downed pilot. By his outstanding courage, superb airmanship and selfless efforts in behalf of a fellow aviator, Captain Sessions upheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.