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 Lieutenant (Corps of Engineers) George Williams (ASN: 0-1015988), United States Army, for gallantry in action as a member of the 4th Combat Engineer Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, in the vicinity of Moyen, France, on 29 July 1944. At a time when the company in which Lieutenant Williams was a platoon leader was being subjected to intermittent artillery fire, a friendly tank entered the company area and attracted a concentration of enemy artillery fire. One shell struck a trailer containing more than 200 anti-tank mines and set fire to a truck. The resultant explosion leveled a large section of a hedgerow along which several men had been entrenched. Momentarily stunned by the blast, Lieutenant Williams quickly recovered and led several injured men to safety. Amid further mine explosions, he returned and rescued several men who had been buried in t heir foxholes by the explosion. One of his men, Lieutenant Williams learned after probing under the blazing truck, was trapped in a foxhole beneath the vehicle. After failing in an attempt to dig the man out, Lieutenant Williams and an enlisted man, by means of a cable and a half-track vehicle, removed the burning truck. They then dug the man from the foxhole, effecting the rescue despite the danger of mines which were still exploding, and with the knowledge that the burning truck was loaded with unexploded dynamite. The courage, initiative and calmness displayed by Lieutenant Williams reflect great credit upon himself and the military service.