The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to First Sergeant Tenki C. Taba (ASN: 30105638), United States Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy while serving with Company I, 3d Battalion, 442d Regimental Combat Team, attached to the 36th Infantry Division, from 27 October to 15 November 1944, in Eastern France. Although badly shaken and stunned from the concussion of a nearby shell burst, First Sergeant Taba, realizing that his badly depleted company needed every man, refused to be evacuated for a medical checkup. On 3 November, as the company, now reduced to only 34 men advanced up a road, shell fragments from an artillery barrage tore the light pack and cartridge belt from First Sergeant Taba’s back and wounded him lightly. Again, because the company was so reduced in officers and men, he refused to return to the rear for medical attention. From 3 to 15 November he led nightly ration details over roads which were subjected to fire of “zeroed in” barrages and infiltrating snipers. The courage, tirelessness and devotion to duty displayed by First Sergeant Taba are highly commended and reflect credit on the Armed Forces of the United States.