Mitsuto Mitsui

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star Medal to Mitsuto Mitsui (30103685), Private, U.S. Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy while serving as a Medical Aidman with the 442d Regimental Combat Team, attached to the 34th Infantry Division, on 7 July 1944, in the vicinity of Molino A. Ventoabbto, Italy. When Private Mitsui learned that two of his comrades were seriously wounded, he immediately left his position of cover, crawled over open terrain for a distance of fifteen yards and rendered them first aid. He then evacuated the wounded men by crawling through constant grenade and small arms fire, dragging the men one at a time, to a position of comparative safety, thirty yards below. The courageous devotion to duty displayed by Private Mitsui was exemplary and an inspiration to all who observed him.