The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Major (Military Police Corps) Stanley A. McHugh (ASN: 0-271059), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving as Provost Marshal, 42d Military Police Platoon, 42d Infantry Division, in action on 6 April 1945 at Veitshochheim, Germany. Major McHugh and four other volunteers rowed boldly across the Main River to attempt to induce the enemy garrison at Veitshochheim to surrender. After three tense hours, surrounded by an overwhelmingly superior armed enemy, Major McHugh persuaded their commander to surrender. Despite ever-present danger from a fanatical SS squad covering the return route with a machine gun, he boldly ferried his prisoners across the river. By his extraordinary heroism and determination in the face of insuperable odds, Major McHugh secured the surrender of the town, the capture of two officers and 129 enlisted men, and the liberation of six American prisoners of war.