The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to First Lieutenant (Infantry) Randall J. Peavey (ASN: 0-1301532), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with Company E, 2d Battalion, *** Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division, in action in the vicinity of ****, France, on 10 November 1944. As elements of Company E, *** Infantry Regiment, attacked the village of ****, they were pinned down by heavy enemy machine gun and sniper fire from windows of various houses within the village. Without thought of his own safety and in the face of direct machine gun fire, Lieutenant Peavey stood erect and threw a perfectly-timed hand grenade through a window from which the enemy had been directing a great portion of heavy fire. The grenade exploded within the room occupied by the enemy and before the enemy had an opportunity to recover from the effect of the missile, Lieutenant Peavey leaped through the window and demanded the surrender of the Germans. As a result of this gallant action, members of Lieutenant Peavey’s platoon marched forty-eight prisoners to the battalion command post. Lieutenant Peavey then discovered two enemy wounded in the basement of the building, administered first aid to them and had them evacuated. Lieutenant Peavey’s courage and daring, his leadership and initiative, spell such gallantry in action as to be in accord with the military traditions of the United States.