By direction of the President, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved July 9, 1918 (Bul. No. 43, W.D., 1918), Private Jens C. Pidersen (ASN: 170097), 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 Battery B, 10th Field Artillery Regiment, 3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, Private Pidersen served his battery courageously and faithfully throughout the action on the Marne, at St. Mihiel, and in the Argonne, and on the night of 14 July 1918, was one of a party who succeeded in getting ammunition to his battery under terrific shell fire.