The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Corporal Leo Brennan (ASN: RA-13268934), United States Army, for gallantry in action as a member of Company A, 1st Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division, in addition on 15 August 1950, near Kuei, Korea. Corporal Brennan was lead man of his platoon in an attack on a hill. The enemy position was defended primarily by two enemy machine guns which were delivering a hail of deadly fire on the attacking troops. Corporal Brennan attacked the first of the machine gun positions, killing the entire crew with his rifle. After he had disposed of the crew of this weapon, he immediately crawled to a vantage point where he was able to fire on the other enemy position. Again he killed the entire crew with his accurate rifle fire. By eliminating these two machine guns and their crews, Corporal Brennan enabled his platoon to take a critical objective with a minimum of losses. His gallantry was outstanding and brought the highest credit to himself and to the military service.