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 Harry T. Sakohira (ASN: 39080310), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with Company G, 2d Battalion, 442d Regimental Combat Team, 92d Infantry Division, in action against the enemy on 23 April 1945, in Italy. Private First Class Sakohira, a scout, together with his platoon leader and two other men were working as a group down the reverse side of a newly-captured slope to locate hostile strongpoints. They spotted enemy positions halfway down the hill and immediately assaulted them with hand grenades and guns so efficiently that seven of the well-armed enemy were killed, twenty captured and fifteen routed. During this action, Private First Class Sakohira aggressively silenced one position by firing his M-1 from the hip and silenced an enemy machine gun nest with a hand grenade. He then forced two other enemy soldiers to surrender by pinning them down with accurate fire. Captured hostile equipment included four machine guns, two automatic rifles, nine rifles, one mortar, and a considerable amount of ammunition. Private First Class Sakohira’s enviable combat efficiency exemplifies the highest gallantry of the American Soldier.