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 John Roskos (ASN: 33916919), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with Company G, 2d Battalion, 255th Infantry Regiment, 63d Infantry Division, in action on 10 April 1945, in the vicinity of Bieringen, Germany. When the platoon was held up by enemy machine gun fire from a tower to their front, Private First Class Roskos, taking his squad, proceeded around the right of a small clump of woods directly to the front. Leaving his squad to cover him, he gallantly advanced toward the position until he encountered three enemy in fox holes near the tower. He captured these men and escorted them to the rear door of the building where he pushed them quickly through the opening into a courtyard. Upon a scaffolding at the top of the tower he saw nineteen of the enemy with two machine guns, and as he was unobserved, he fired his automatic rifle over their heads and called upon them to surrender. AT this time his squad arrived and helped him disarm the enemy. Private First Class Roskos’ aggressiveness and courage were in keeping with the highest traditions of the Armed Forces of the United States.