The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Private First Class [then Private] Marvin D. Meyers, United States Army, for gallantry in action as a member of Company F, 407th Infantry Regiment, 102d Infantry Division, in action on 2 December 1944, at Flossdorft, Germany. In a battalion attack on the village, when learning that his battalion commander needed a runner to reach another company, he volunteered to deliver the important message. Leaving his position of shelter, he ran into heavy enemy machine gun and rifle fire which raged over the field. Stopping midway in the flat, fire-swept terrain, he attended two badly wounded infantrymen and, amid the hail of enemy bullets, gave them first aid before continuing his mission. Private Meyers’ heroic courage and determination demonstrated in the voluntary performance of his mission are in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service.