The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Warrant Officer, Junior Grade Warren E. Beckwith (ASN: W-2144403), United States Army, for gallantry in action as a member of Headquarters, Division Artillery, 2d Infantry Division, in action against an armed enemy on 30 November 1950, near Kunu-ri, Korea. On that date Warrant Officer Beckwith was riding with comrades in a truck that was part of the 2d Infantry Division column proceeding southward through an almost continuous enemy road block about five miles in length. Destroyed vehicles, burning materiel, and wounded and dead, necessitated frequent halts and firefights at close range. Most of the comrades of Warrant Officer Beckwith took cover at each halt as directed. Warrant Officer Beckwith refused to take cover, but insisted on firing observed carbine shots at the nearby enemy. At one point, as he and his associates were about to mount the rear of the truck in which they were riding, the enemy rushed very close to his vehicle. As the Sergeant Major was getting up over the tailgate of the truck, he was hit by a rifle or machine gun bullet which punctured both his legs above the knees. Warrant Officer Beckwith immediately fired a deadly hail of shots at the enemy while directing other men in getting the wounded man into the truck. The actions of Warrant Officer Beckwith in exposing himself deliberately to pour aimed fire at the enemy in close proximity, while at same time getting a wounded comrade into a truck and rendering first aid, reflect great credit upon himself and uphold the highest traditions of the Military Service of the United States.