The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Staff Sergeant Herman E. Russell (ASN: 6257185), United States Army, for gallantry in action as a member of Battery C, 48th Field Artillery Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, landing Force 51.4, in action in Massacre Valley, Attu Island, Territory of Alaska, on 13 May 1943.