The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Brigadier General Arthur Gilbert Trudeau (ASN: 0-15513), United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility as Deputy Director and as Director of Military Training, Army Service Forces from March 1943 to June 1945. General Trudeau was charged with implementing all policies for accomplishing the trained mission of the Army Service Forces. In supervising this training he assured the attainment of high standards and the establishment of correct doctrine and technique for service forces units. At the same time he formulated plans and procedures to effect the pre-induction training program and the army specialized training program. During the period that he was acting director he was responsible for formulating policies. On missions to the North African, European, and Mediterranean theaters of operations he initiated training, re-training, and re-deployment training policies which aided materially in solving urgent problems in those theaters and in the United States. The selection of Women’s Army Corps training centers, the translation of hundreds of training manuals into foreign languages, and the institution of special training units for men of inadequate elementary education, are illustrative of the many diverse factors which were integrated by him into a comprehensive, efficient training program. Throughout his entire period of service in the Office of the Director of Military Training, General Trudeau’s outstanding initiative, superior leadership and marked administrative ability contributed in high degree to the accomplishment of the training mission of the Army Service Forces.