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 Glin Hall (ASN: 6396335), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with Company H, 3d Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, on 10 July 1943, 5 miles of ****, Sicily. Sergeant Hall, a Platoon Sergeant, led one section of light machine guns in a group, under command of Lieutenant Falen, against a vastly superior force of the enemy. During the attack in which he participated the enemy was driven back one-half mile and then counter-attacked with heavy artillery, mortars, and **** and **** tanks. Sergeant Hall took a rocket-launcher and fired it point blank at a **** tank, hitting it squarely, but apparently ineffectively. He then fired a light machine gun at enemy infantry, around a tank until the belt mechanism was ruined by a sniper’s bullet. Throughout the engagement, Sergeant Hall stayed in the forepart of the fighting, directing his platoon and attacking with any weapon that came to hand. In this gallant action he acquitted himself in a manner to reflect credit on himself and his country.