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 Staff Sergeant Edward Madison Transue (ASN: 33272391), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving with an Infantry Company of the 385th Infantry Regiment, 76th Infantry Division, in action against enemy forces in Germany, on 9 March 1945. During action near Grosslittgen, Germany, Sergeant Transue fearlessly advanced through intense enemy small arms and machine gun fire and killed a sniper who had been harassing the advancing elements. Setting up his machine gun section in a building he boldly exposed himself in order to more accurately adjust fire and knocked out an enemy 20-mm. gun, picked off a sniper, silenced an enemy machine gun and then, in full view of the enemy, killed another sniper with two rounds from his carbine. Sergeant Transue’s heroic and aggressive actions reflect great credit upon himself and the military service.