The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to First Lieutenant (Military Police Corps) Robert M. Snodell (ASN: 0-1797374), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with the Military Police Platoon, 42d Infantry Division, in action 6 April 1945 at Veitshochheim, Germany. Lieutenant Snodell 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, Lieutenant Snodell 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, Lieutenant Snodell secured the surrender of the town, the capture of two officers and 129 enlisted men, and the liberation of six American prisoners of war.