The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Technical Sergeant Oscar T. Semit (ASN: 36765828), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with Headquarters Company, 3d Battalion, 255th Infantry Regiment, 63d Infantry Division, in action on 17 March 1945, in the vicinity of Heckendalheim, Germany. When Sergeant Semit, platoon sergeant of an anti-tank platoon, saw one of the guns of his platoon abandoned by its crew and still attached to the truck in an open field under heavy enemy machine gun fire, with great initiative and magnificent courage he crawled out to the truck and drove it to a concealed area, even though it was being pierced and all its tires punctuated by machine gun fire at the time. His outstanding gallantry in saving his gun reflects great credit on himself and the Armed Forces of the United States.