The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Staff Sergeant Sail E. Jackman (ASN: 37001342), United States Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy while serving with Company A, 1st Battalion, 164th Infantry Regiment, 23d Infantry Division (Americal), in action at Bougainville, Solomon Islands, on 17 August 1944. In an intense fire fight with strong enemy positions during which Sergeant Jackman killed two, and possibly a third Japanese, a member of his patrol was seriously wounded and lay helpless in an area swept by heavy machine gun and rifle fire. Although a hail of enemy fire twice drove him back from attempts to rescue his wounded comrade, Sergeant Jackman undauntingly tried again. Crawling twenty yards to the wounded man, he dragged him to a defilade position. Sergeant Jackman’s courage and determination in the face of great personal danger exemplify the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army.