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] Herman W. Peters (ASN: 33925045), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with Company K, 3d Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 3d Infantry Division. Under fire from five hostile machine guns and two 20-mm. flak guns located 300 to 500 yards away, Private First Class Peters crawled 50 yards the morning of 26 March 1945, near Lampertheim, Germany, to aid a wounded rifleman. Grazed twice by bullets which ripped through his jacket and seared his leg, he reached the casualty, carried him 25 yards to safety and applied a tourniquet to a ruptured artery, undoubtedly saving the rifleman’s life. Later Private First Class Peters made a second mercy mission, going 40 yards on his stomach to reach another wounded man, whom he assisted to a position of safety. His gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty, without regard for his own life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Army.