The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Technical Sergeant Glenwood B. Dahlgren (ASN: 39171355), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with the 35th Infantry Division, in action near ****, Belgium, on 31 December 1944. On 31 December, Sergeant Dahlgren assumed command of his platoon in an attack against a strongly entrenched enemy. Seeing that his lead scout had been wounded by snipers, he crawled over an open field in the face of intense enemy fire to reach the injured man, killed a German soldier who was in the vicinity after a bitter hand-to-hand struggle, administered first aid to his comrade and carried him to a sheltered position. He then reorganized his platoon and established a defense line with such skill that a counterattack was repelled with heavy losses for the Germans. His outstanding leadership and intrepid loyalty to his men are in accord with the military traditions of the United States.