The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Second Lieutenant (Infantry) Shigeo George Teraji (ASN: 0-1999532), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with Headquarters Company, 3d Battalion, 442d Regimental Combat Team, in action against the enemy on 28 October 1944, in France. When the communication line suffered a direct hit from an enemy artillery shell, Lieutenant Teraji, with utter disregard for his personal safety, dashed out into the enemy artillery barrage in search of the break in the line. Locating and repairing the break after following the line for 200 yards, Lieutenant Teraji upon noting that he was unable to contact the Regimental switchboard operator, followed the line for another 50 yards until he located a second break. While he was making repairs, an artillery shell exploded nearby, painfully wounding Lieutenant Teraji’s right thigh and causing it to bleed profusely. After applying a tourniquet and dressing his wound, Lieutenant Teraji, though considerably weakened by his injury, managed to complete repairing the break, and after having ascertained that the communication system was again intact, crawled back 250 yards to the rear. By his courage, initiative and devotion to duty, Lieutenant Teraji reflects credit upon himself and the United States Army.