By direction of the President, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved July 9, 1918 (Bul. No. 43, W.D., 1918), Lieutenant Edward A. Blakely, United States Army, is cited by the Commanding General, 3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, and a silver star may be placed upon the ribbon of the World War I Victory Medals awarded him. While serving with the 30th Infantry Regiment, 3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, Lieutenant Blakely, regardless of his own safety, on 15 July 1918 in the Boise d’Aigremont, aided in getting wounded men to the First Aid station. Later he walked through the barrage when it was at its height and returned to the woods with rations and ammunition at a time when they were most sorely needed by the troops. On 22 July in the Marne offensive he made several voluntary reconnaissances of the entire front of his Battalion sector, to locate the exact position of the troops and later personally conducted rations, water, and ammunition to them. During this time he was almost constantly under shell fire from the Germany artillery. In the Meuse-Argonne offensive he repeated this voluntary reconnaissances of the front lines and daily personally supervised the delivery of supplies to the men of his Battalion in order that they should not want for anything that could be had.