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) Charles W. Livingston (ASN: 0-353271), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with Company E, 2d Battalion, 222d Infantry Regiment, 42d Infantry Division. On 6 January 1945, at Gambsheim, France, Lieutenant Livingston, with utter disregard for his own safety and in the face of heavy enemy fire, repeatedly directed the fire of his automatic weapons and led his men in an assault on the railroad station and other buildings held by the enemy. As a result of his leadership, his platoon succeeded in taking and holding terrain essential to the accomplishment of the mission in spite of heavy artillery and small arms fire.