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 First Class [then Private] Benjamin Guskin (ASN: 32997066), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with the 35th Infantry Division, in action in the vicinity of ****, France, on 10 August 1944. For a period of five hours, Private Guskin, a rifleman, manned an observation post alone in enemy territory three hundred yards from the lead tank of an armor-infantry force which had advanced under enemy fire of such intensity that only five other tank-riding infantrymen reached the objective. Observing an enemy column approaching, he returned under enemy fire to direct his tank’s fire so effectively that at least thirty enemy troops were killed. Private Guskin’s gallantry in action reflects credit upon his character and training as a soldier.