The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Corporal Wallace C. Judd (ASN: 33422229), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, in action on 7 January 1945, near ****, Belgium. Charged with supplying overhead fire from his machine gun in support of attacking troops, Corporal Judd exposed himself fearlessly to knock out an enemy emplacement on his company’s flank. He then directed the fire of his automatic weapon upon an enemy mortar position, effectively neutralizing it and removing this danger to the company advance. When the attacking troops came under heavy fire from two self-propelled guns, Corporal Judd, with complete disregard for his own safety, moved his weapon forward and succeeded in killing and scattering the crew of one gun and aided in knocking out the other. Corporal Judd’s conduct and gallantry were dominant factors in the success of the battalion’s attack and were in keeping with the highest traditions of the Airborne Forces.