The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Staff Sergeant Edgar Canter (ASN: 35414037), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with Company E, 2d Battalion, 134th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division, in action in the vicinity of ****, France, 22 August 1944. Sergeant Canter led a motorized eight-man combat patrol in advance of his battalion. Under his outstanding leadership, the patrol captured two five-man enemy tank crews stationed at a bridge. Discovering the bridge to be a hastily-mine road block, the patrol radioed that information to the battalion commander and was about to mark the mined area when fired upon by the enemy from a nearby house. Sergeant Canter maneuvered his patrol into position and engaged in a brief fire fight with the occupants of the house, forcing the surrender of ten enemy soldiers and four machine guns. The patrol then held the bridge and its vicinity until mines and road blocks had been removed. Sergeant Canter’s leadership, resourcefulness and gallantry in action reflect high credit upon the military service.