The President of the United States of America, under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Private First Class Raymond Curtis Lemmings (Lemings) (ASN: RA-18129754), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy of the United Nations while serving with Company I, 3d Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. Private First Class Lemings distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism in action against enemy aggressor forces near Haman, Korea, on 21 September 1950. On that date, Private First Class Lemmings’ platoon attacked against what was believed to be a small group of the enemy on an adjacent ridge. Upon reaching the enemy positions a sudden barrage of grenades revealed that the platoon had been drawn into a trap manned by over eighty enemy troops. Ordering his squad to a safer place, Private Lemmings charged the enemy emplacements in the face of exploding grenades and launched an attack with his own grenades. Three times he returned for a new supply and charged back at the entrenched enemy. His outstanding courage and exemplary conduct so inspired the rest of the platoon that they swept up the hill routing the dazed and disorganized North Koreans. The extraordinary heroism displayed by Private First Class Lemmings on this occasion reflects the greatest credit on himself and is in keeping with the high traditions of the military service.