The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Second Lieutenant (Infantry) George Franklin Pennington (ASN: 0-1320968), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving with Company E, 2d Battalion, 101st Infantry Regiment, 26th Infantry Division, in action against enemy forces in Luxembourg, on 28 December 1944. On that date, during action near Nothum, Luxembourg, Lieutenant Pennington gallantly assumed an exposed position in the face of an enemy counterattack consisting of infantrymen and an armored car. He killed three and wounded four of the advancing enemy and although mortally wounded by hostile 20-mm. fire he courageously picked up a rocket-launcher and in the face of direct, intense enemy fire knocked out the approaching enemy vehicle. Lieutenant Pennington died as a result of his wound but his gallant actions and supreme devotion to duty live on as an inspiration to the men with whom he fought.