The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to First Lieutenant (Infantry) Jack Fontaine Dulaney (ASN: 0-25812), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with the 502d Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, in action against the enemy in Normandy, France, on 6 – 10 June 1944. First Lieutenant Dulaney parachuted into France on D-Day and led his platoon through heavy fire to attack the enemy’s flank in an advance on an enemy-held town. His mission was to knock out a German Gun emplacement, consisting of four 155-mm. guns, take the town of St. Martin, and secure two causeways leading to the beach so amphibious troops could land. When he reached his destination he found that all objectives had been bombed out by the Air Force, or taken by other paratroopers. During this advance he was hit in the right shoulder by an enemy bullet, but after receiving aid, he led his platoon to bivouac in a former German ammunition dump. The following morning he led his unit in knocking out an enemy strong point, and then relieved a battalion of paratroopers that had been attacked. Two days later he was going over the top of a hedge when a bullet smashed into his right hip and he was later evacuated for treatment of his wounds. The gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty demonstrated by First Lieutenant Dulaney, without regard for his own life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Army.