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 Walter King Wilson (ASN: 0-1700), United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility, as Executive Director, Army Emergency Relief, from January 1944 to September 1945, and as the Secretary of War’s Liaison Officer with the American Red Cross from June 1944 to September 1945. In the latter assignment, General Wilson was responsible for scrutinizing all War Department and Army policies related to Red Cross activities, and was given the duty as representative and under the direction of the Secretary of War of resolving questions of doubt, difficulty, or conflict of mission. With keen foresight, superior judgment, initiative, diplomacy, knowledge of sound business organization and outstanding leadership, he administered Army Emergency Relief and brought about a very close relationship between the American Red Cross and the Army in rendering emergency financial assistance to hundreds of thousands of soldiers and their dependents, which aided materially in achieving high morale not only within the Army but also among the dependents of Army personnel.