The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Second Lieutenant (Infantry) Bartholomew J. Hanusovsky (ASN: 0-1324866), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with Company I, 3d Battalion, 134th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division, in action in the Forest of ****, France, on 11 November 1944. When the advance of his platoon was halted by a German Mark IV Tank supported by fire from two machine guns, Lieutenant Hanusovsky, a platoon leader, accompanied by three enlisted men, voluntarily made his way forward in the face of very heavy aimed enemy fire until he had reached a position approximately ten feet from the enemy tank. Utterly disregarding his personal safety, he hurled a grenade into the tank’s open turret, causing an explosion which completely demolished the German tank and killed Lieutenant Hanusovsky and one of his companions. The intrepid deeds of Lieutenant Hanusovsky and his zealous devotion to duty at the risk of his own life are an honor to his military training, and in accord with the high traditions of the United States Army.