The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to First Lieutenant (Infantry) Robert M. Bryan (ASN: 0-538953), United States Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy while serving with Company G, 2d Battalion, 442d Regimental Combat Team, attached to the 92d Infantry Division, on 8 April 1945, in Italy. A rifle platoon had cleared a wooded area and encountered hostile fire that covered open ground which extended for five hundred yards. First Lieutenant Bryan, platoon leader, called for a rolling barrage to cover the platoon’s attack over the exposed ground. Following the barrage, the platoon advanced to within two hundred yards of woods on the other side when it was again stopped by enemy machine gun and automatic weapons fire. Realizing the necessity for immediate action, First Lieutenant Bryan rose in full view of the enemy then, calling to his men to follow him, charged across the open ground, firing from the hip into the enemy positions. The enemy stubbornly held their positions and continued to return fire until First Lieutenant Bryan killed a machine gunner. Enemy resistance then weakened and later the foe was forced to withdraw. First Lieutenant Bryan’s gallant leadership reflects great credit on the Armed Forces.