The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918 (amended by an act of July 25, 1963), takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Private First Class Robert Curry (ASN: 16170112), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with the 92d Infantry Division, in action on 5 February 1945 in Italy. As a member of a field artillery forward observation party, Private First Class Curry assisted two other men in laying a wire line for a distance of fifteen hundred meters over extremely difficult under cover of darkness, and exposed to the danger of enemy mines and mortar fire. In an ensuing attack, enemy shells repeatedly cut the line but Private First Class Curry continually repaired the breaks without regard for hostile small arms, mortar, and artillery fire. On one of these missions, he and his assistant noticed an enemy-held house which was being used as an observation post by the foe. He approached the house despite artillery shells which were landing within twenty yards of him and fired forty rounds from his carbine into the house. This action enabled his assistant to fire a bazooka into the building causing six of the enemy to surrender with a radio, two telephones, several rifles, and a machine gun. Private First Class Curry’s gallant intrepidity exemplified the traditional valor of the American Soldier.