The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Second Lieutenant (Infantry), [then Staff Sergeant] John Przysucha (ASN: 0-2006227), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with Company B, 1st Battalion, 232d Infantry Regiment, 42d Infantry Division, in action on 5 January 1945 in Stattmatten, France. While Sergeant Przysucha and several of his men were fighting off an attacking force of enemy soldiers from a house in Stattmatten, France, an enemy hand grenade was hurled into the room. With complete disregard for his personal safety, Sergeant Przysucha immediately rushed to the grenade, picked it up, and threw it out the window only an instant before it exploded. Sergeant Przysucha’s gallant courage and prompt action in an emergency saved the three men with him from certain death or injury.