The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star (Army Award) to Second Lieutenant Leon Edmond Chabot (MCSN: 0-6453), United States Marine Corps, for gallantry in action while serving with Company E, Second Battalion, Fourth Marines, at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands, 16 and 17 February 1942. During the course of an enemy artillery bombardment on Fort Mills on 16 February 1942, Lieutenant Chabot, from the vicinity of his command post on the South Shore Road, observed the location of an enemy battery. In the midst of shell fire and without regard for his personal safety, Lieutenant Chabot worked his way to the seaward defense command post and reported the position, enabling our artillery to take the battery under fire. On 27 February 1942, Lieutenant Chabot repeated the above described performance under similar conditions.