The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Technician Third Grade Arthur F. Cordel (ASN: 20726749), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with a Medical Detachment of the 35th Infantry Division, in action near ****, France, 11 August 1944. In the action about ****, Technician Cordel, a surgical technician, voluntarily formed a team of litter-bearers, and despite the poor visibility, succeeded in locating and treating two wounded soldiers while under heavy concentrations of enemy machine gun fire. Acting as a litter-bearer, he then guided the litter team to the safety of a collecting point, and returned to assist in the evacuation of four other casualties over extremely difficult terrain subjected to constant enemy fire. Technician Cordel’s gallant actions reflect credit upon his character as a soldier and upon the Medical Department of the Army.