The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Captain (Medical Corps) Mario Theodore De Felice (ASN: 0-484759), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving as Battalion Surgeon with the 2d Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment, 2d Armored Division, in action against enemy forces on 27 July 1944. During an attack near Le Mesnil Herman, France, Captain De Felice, a battalion surgeon, in order to evacuate the wounded, directed his half-track ambulance forward until it was almost completely surrounded by the enemy. While engaged in evacuating the wounded men, an enemy artillery barrage killed a first-aid man and wounded two infantrymen who were covering his movements. Captain De Felice, with complete disregard for his own personal safety, administered first aid to all the wounded men, without any assistance whatsoever, and loaded them into the ambulance. The extra extraordinary heroism and. Courageous actions of Captain De Felice reflect great credit upon himself and are in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service.