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 Silvio Andreozzi (ASN: 32609219), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with the 35th Infantry Division, in action in the vicinity of ****, Normandy, France, 12 July 1944. Corporal Andreozzi, an assistant communications chief, was stringing wire behind a platoon of his company advancing across an open field, when intense enemy fire forced the platoon to seek cover in a position at the center of the field which permitted neither advance nor withdrawal. Corporal Andreozzi, locating the hostile machine gun emplacement from the point where he was stringing wire, crawled across the field to the platoon despite the fact that his action drew aimed small arms fire from the enemy, and secured a bazooka and a supply of rockets. Returning to the open field, he placed himself in a location from which he could direct fire upon the emplacement, single-handedly loaded and fired the rocket-launcher, and put the enemy machine gun out of action, thereby allowing the platoon to continue to advance. Corporal Andreozzi’s daring and initiative served as an inspiring example to his comrades-in-arms and reflect high credit upon his character as a soldier.