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 [then Corporal] Walter J. Wasilewski, United States Army, for gallantry in action as a Medical Aidman with Company A, 803d Engineer Battalion (Aviation), on 24 March 1942, at Corregidor, Philippine Islands. During a heavy Japanese bombardment and shelling of Kindley Field and vicinity, in which several men were severely wounded, he moved without regard for his safety through the barrage of enemy shells to aid the fallen men. Passing through an area of tall grass blazing among stacks of bombs in imminent danger of exploding, he helped moved the wounded soldiers to the hospital in Malinta Tunnel. Sergeant Wasilewski’s outstanding courage and determination are in keeping with the highest traditions of military service.