The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Corporal Charles P. Scelfo, United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with an Armored Field Artillery Battalion of the 1st Armored Division, in North Africa. Corporal Scelfo’s battery was displacing into a firing position close to a road. Before the guns were in firing position a sudden attack came in from the left front along the road. Without waiting for orders, Corporal Scelfo placed his 37-mm. anti-tank gun in the middle of the road directly in the path of the approaching tanks. Visibility was limited to fifty yards, but by taking advantage of the field of fire afforded by the road and by sighting on the tracer ammunition fired by the tanks he was able to deliver effective fire. When his fire became masked he moved his gun to a more vulnerable position in order to deliver more effective fire. Throughout the action he continuously disregarded his own welfare by deliberately exposing himself to intense and very close enemy machine gun and tank cannon fire in order to direct and control more efficiently the laying and firing of his gun. Corporal Scelfo’s gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty, without regard for his own life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army.