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 (then Private First Class] James J. Dines (ASN: 33475180), United States Army, for gallantry in action in northern France while serving with the Medical Detachment, 358th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division. On 11 June 1944 in the vicinity of ****, France, when his battalion was attacking, Corporal Dines volunteered to go into an area then under heavy mortar and small arms fire. He assisted in carrying out a man who was wounded and bleeding badly. Making his way under fire to the wounded man he was able to stop the bleeding and improvised a litter from impregnated clothing and boards and completed the evacuation thereby saving a life at the great risk of his own. This gallant action on the part of Corporal Dines is in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service.