(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: First Lieutenant (Infantry) Simmie O. Callahan, III, United States Army, was awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action while serving with a Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron as part of the FIFTH Army in Italy. When leading elements of a task force were pinned down by intense enemy fire, Lieutenant Callahan observed two men had been wounded. Despite sniper fire, he carried the men to a protected spot, guided an armored car to them and returned enemy fire while they were being evacuated.