The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Staff Sergeant Tadaso Ono (ASN: 30104319), United States Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy while serving with Company C, 2d Battalion, 442d Regimental Combat Team, attached to the 92d Infantry Division, on 23 April 1945, in Italy. The leading elements of a platoon were pinned down by hostile small arms fire coming from a house 75 yards to its front. Staff Sergeant Ono and a comrade were in the lead. Working as a team, the two managed, under each other’s covering fire to work their way to within 25 yards of the enemy position. Staff Sergeant Ono and his comrade opened up with heavy and rapid fire on the house, simulating a large group of attackers. The ruse worked as the enemy in the house surrendered. He and his comrade took 16 Fascist soldiers prisoner and five others who were found wounded within the house. Later, he was reconnoitering the area in front of his squad’s defensive position when he observed a building hidden in a grove of trees. As he approached the building, the enemy opened fire. He hit the dirt and began firing on the building. By his well-aimed fire, 13 hostile troops were forced to surrender. His courageous actions reflects great credit on the military service.