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 James Y. Sugano (ASN: 30105118), United States Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy while serving with Headquarters Company, 3d Battalion, 442d Regimental Combat Team, attached to the 36th Infantry Division, on 4 November 1944, in France. Private Sugano unhesitatingly left his cover and traversed 200 yards of terrain blanketed by intense enemy fire to repair a communications line damaged by a mortar shell. Taking advantage of ever tree and hollow in the ground for cover, and at one time fully exposing himself in order to examine the line, he located the break, skillfully and efficiently repaired it and then returned to his Battalion Command Post. When his wire chief noticed his pale and sickly condition, brought on by long exposure to rain and the deep mud, he advised him to report to the aid station. Realizing that this wire section was already short of men, and although he was in no condition to do his duty because of his illness, he returned to his post and remained there until the severity of his illness forced him to retire the next morning.