The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Corporal Morris Eisenstein (ASN: 36709953), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with Company H, 2d Battalion, 222d Infantry Regiment, 42d Infantry Division, in action on 29 April 1945, near Dachau, Germany. When his Battalion’s attacking column was pinned down during the drive against Dachau, Corporal Eisenstein, with utter disregard for the hail of enemy machine gun fire falling around him, mounted a jeep and attempted to put the vehicle’s machine gun into action. After numerous attempts to fire the faulty weapon had failed, he made his way through the deadly enemy fire to the cab of an abandoned truck and opened fire on the enemy positions with the truck’s antiaircraft machine gun. When the supply of ammunition at the gun was exhausted, he exposed himself to the direct fire and climbed over the cab to the rear of the truck for a resupply of ammunition. He then reloaded the machine gun and continued to lay down effective fire on the enemy emplacements. By his outstanding courage and aggressive actions, Corporal Eisenstein provided covering fire which enabled our troops to successfully flank the hostile positions, and capture 150 of the enemy, eliminating a strong obstacle from the Division’s route of advance.