The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Sergeant William H. Tate (ASN: 42018995), United States Army, for gallantry in action as a member of the 2d Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized), XII Corps, in action against an armed enemy on 24 April 1945, in Germany. Sergeant Tate led a reconnaissance patrol to contact another platoon at Arzberg from Linden, Germany. His patrol passed a hidden patrol of fifteen enemy and on the return journey, Sergeant Tate’s armored car and a 1/4-ton truck were disabled by mines the enemy laid in the road. The driver of the 1/4-ton truck was so badly injured that he needed assistance to move, and Sergeant Tate was also injured. He organized his men and engaged the enemy in a fire fight. While the rest of his patrol sought aid, he slowly carried the injured soldier down the roadside ditch away from the Germans, and at the same time aided the soldier remaining with him in return of the enemy’s fire. Help was sent to him from the Platoon Command Post, and the enemy was defeated. Sergeant Tate’s devotion to his fellow soldiers without regard to personal safety or injury reflects great credit upon himself and upholds the highest traditions of the Military Service of the United States.