The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Private First Class Arthur A. Kaisaki (ASN: 39918221), United States Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy while serving with Company L, 3d Battalion, 442d Regimental Combat Team, attached to the 36th Infantry Division, on 14 November 1944, in France. Wounded in the leg by a grenade fragment, Private Kaisaki refused to leave his patrol which had not yet completed its mission of neutralizing an enemy strong point. He then crawled to a culvert on high ground 40 yards away, over an area under enemy observation, assumed a position from which he could fire into the enemy-occupied buildings, and temporarily silenced the enemy weapons while his comrades joined him in the culvert. When one of the men was wounded and failed to reach cover, Private Kaisaki exposed himself to pull him to safety and render first aid. He then returned to the culvert and fired four rounds of rifle grenades in rapid succession, silencing the enemy machine gun which had been firing at his patrol.