The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Staff Sergeant Joseph S. Pomber (ASN: 36149888), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving in an Infantry Company of the 38th Infantry Regiment, 2d Infantry Division, in action against enemy forces on 2 July 1944, in France. Staff Sergeant Pomber’s squad was pinned down by incessant enemy machine gun and grenade fire less than twenty-five yards from a heavily defended hedgerow. With complete disregard for his own safety, Staff Sergeant Pomber, in the face of direct machine gun fire, jumped from his covered position and charged the hostile weapon. Throwing many hand grenades and firing his sub-machine gun, he fearlessly charged the emplacement, killing two Germans and destroying the weapon. A second enemy machine gun from the opposite flank opened fire on Staff Sergeant Pomber, killing him instantly. By his dauntless courage and gallant self-sacrificing devotion to duty, Staff Sergeant Pomber exemplified the highest traditions of the military forces of the United States and reflected great credit upon himself, the 2d Infantry Division, and the United States Army.