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 Kaoru Robert Miyamoto (ASN: 30105444), United States Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy while serving with Company D, 100th Infantry Battalion, 442d Regimental Combat Team, attached to the 36th Infantry Division, from 27 October to 6 November 1944, in the vicinity of Biffontaine, France. During this period Private Miyamoto went out to repair damaged wire communication on fourteen different occasions, in the face of heavy enemy artillery, mortar, and small arms fire. Most of these trips were undertaken voluntarily and when the hazards of enemy shelling kept the number of other volunteers to a minimum. His utter disregard for personal safety in the face of continued enemy fire was instrumental in keeping contact between the mortars and the Observation Point, and in rendering support to the battalion when thrusts at the enemy were launched.