The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Captain (Medical Corps) Ancrum Waring, Jr. (ASN: 048303), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with the Medical Detachment, Headquarters, 1st Battalion, *** Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division, in action near ****, Belgium on 15 January 1945. After two vehicles dispatched to evacuate wounded from forward units had been struck by enemy fire, Captain Waring, 1st Battalion Surgeon, *** Infantry Regiment, personally made his way forward. Assisted by three enlisted men, he carried a complete portable aid station along a route heavily shelled by enemy artillery and at one point, subjected to machine gun fire. His daring and speedy action enabled him to establish an aid station within a few hundred yards of the scene of battle, and to treat and evacuate numerous casualties who might otherwise have lost their lives. Captain Waring’s intrepidity and resourcefulness are a credit to his character as an officer and to the Medical Corps of the Army.