Masaichi Goto

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star Medal to Masaichi Goto (30100119), Staff Sergeant [then Corporal], U.S. Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy while serving with the Medical Department, 100th Infantry Battalion (Separate), attached to the 34th Infantry Division, on 29 September 1943, in the vicinity of Montemarano, Italy. During a heavy enemy artillery barrage, Staff Sergeant Goto, an aid station NCO, with utter disregard for his own personal safety, left the comparative security of his shelter to got o the aid of a wounded comrade. Though the enemy shells were falling dangerously close to him, Staff Sergeant Goto stayed in the exposed area and gave first-aid to three more severely wounded soldiers. Staff Sergeant Goto’s courage, coolness, and bravery under fire was exemplary and a credit to the Armed Forces of the United States.