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 Louis T. Albertini (ASN: 33608869), United States Army, for gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving as a Medical Aidman with Company L, 3d Battalion, 134th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division, in action in the **** Sector, south of ****, Normandy, France, on 30 July 1944. Private Albertini was wounded in the right leg while accompanying troops participating in a battalion attack against strong enemy forces south of ****. Disregarding his personal condition, Private Albertini crawled to the front lines and for a period of over two hours, under heavy concentrations of enemy fire, administered first aid to wounded men lying in an open field. He refused evacuation until other soldiers came to the assistance of the wounded man. The personal courage and zealous devotion to duty on the part of Private Albertini, who placed the lives of wounded comrades above that of his own, reflects the highest credit upon his character as a soldier, and upon the Medical Department of the Army.