The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Sergeant Gerald V. Myers (ASN: 37742327), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with Company G, 2d Battalion, 317th Infantry Regiment, 80th Infantry Division, in connection with military operations against an enemy of the United States on 28 March 1945 in Germany. Deep in hostile territory, Sergeant Myers courageously charged and destroyed a hostile pillbox. Continuing with his voluntary patrol, he engaged a numerically superior force in a fierce fire fight, captured fifty-six prisoners, and obtained the enemy’s defense plans for Kassel, Germany, his company’s objective. Sergeant Myers’ initiative and aggressiveness were in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit and the United States Army.