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 [then Private] Stanley G. Gendron (ASN: 31448865), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with Company G, 2d Battalion, 318th Infantry Regiment, 80th Infantry Division, in connection with military operations against an enemy of the United States on 10 April 1945 in Germany. During the attack on Schmira, Germany, on 10 April 1945, the assaulting rifle companies were opposed by well emplaced and mutually supporting enemy machine guns which temporarily delayed the attack. Corporal Gendron, a rifleman, advanced despite the severe enemy fire stopping only to reload his weapon. While loading his last clip of ammunition he observed four enemy soldiers dug in about thirty yards from him and immediately he charged them, killing two, wounding one, and subduing the other in a hand-to-hand struggle. Lacking ammunition for his own weapon he remained in the emplacement firing captured weapons. Corporal Gendron’s initiative, aggressiveness, and courageous devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit and the United States Army.