(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant General LeRoy Lutes (ASN: 0-5413), United States Army, was awarded a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Army Distinguished Service Medal for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility.

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 Lieutenant General LeRoy Lutes (ASN: 0-5413), United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility. While serving as Director of Operations and Director of Plans and Operations from March 1942 to April 1945, and as Chief of Staff and Deputy to the Commanding General, Army Service Forces, from April to October 1945, General Lutes displayed outstanding foresight and astute judgment in long-range planning and in the direction of current operations for overseas supply and Zone of Interior activities. His keen analytical ability and direct, decisive leadership were of exceptional value to the Commanding General and to the theater commanders in the solution of their logistical and other supply problems. As Chief of Staff of the Army Service Forces, he served with distinction during the particularly turbulent period following the conclusion of both the European and Pacific conflicts, and guided with rare vision the formulation of initial plans and policies to provide simultaneously for the continued support of our Armies of Occupation, the rapid demobilization of industry and personnel, and the continuance of combined military and civilian research in connection with weapons, war materials, and advanced logistics to insure a lasting military supremacy essential to our national security in the postwar period. In positions of great responsibility, General Lutes performed services of unusual significance to the successful conclusion of a world conflict; services consistent with the highest traditions of the United States Army.