The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Second Lieutenant (Infantry), [then Technical Sergeant] Claude A. Hupp (ASN: 0-887339), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with Company M, 3d Battalion, *** Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division, in action in the **** Sector, Normandy, France, on 13 July 1944. Lieutenant Hupp assumed command of his platoon upon the death of his platoon leader. When the advance in his sector had been stopped by enemy machine gun fire from enemy hedgerow positions, and after all attempts to advance had failed, Lieutenant Hupp determined the positions of the enemy emplacements, and firing from the hip with a light machine gun, killed the crew of one gun and silenced two other machine gun installations, whereupon the advance of his battalion continued until stopped by a situation similar to that above described, when Lieutenant Hupp practically repeated his earlier performance. The gallantry in action and zeal for the accomplishment of the mission on the part of Lieutenant Hupp resulted in the attainment of their objective by two companies of his battalion, and reflects credit upon his character as a soldier and is in accord with the high traditions of the military service.