The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Major General Gilman Clifford Mudgett (ASN: 0-14966), United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in duties of great responsibility from November 1953 to March 1961.