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 Thomas J. Wisniewski (ASN: 33807153), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with Company F, 2d Battalion, 134th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division, in action at ****, France, on 29 September 1944. When Company F, 2d Battalion, 134th Infantry Regiment, attacked enemy forces occupying the village of ****, hand-to-hand and house-to-house fighting ensured. Although twice wounded in the left arm, Private Wisniewski, a Browning Automatic Rifleman, refused evacuation. He saw nine Germans delivering flanking fire from a horse stall in a barnyard. At close range, he emptied his Browning Automatic Rifle at them, killing two of the enemy. The remaining seven enemy soldiers threw down their machine pistols and rifles, walked out of the stall and surrendered to the wounded soldier, who brandished only an empty automatic rifle. The intrepid actions of Private Wisniewski marked the climax of fighting within the village and facilitated its capture by the 134th Infantry Regiment. Private Wisniewski’s courage, disregard for personal safety and fighting spirit constitute such gallantry in action as to be in accord with the military traditions of the United States.