The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Brigadier General Stanley Raymond Mickelsen (ASN: 0-7042), United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility, from November 1944 to August 1947, as Chief of the Displaced Persons Branch, G-5 Division, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force. With exceptional foresight General Mickelsen supervised the drafting of plans for the repatriation of more than 5,000,000 United Nations nationals displaced from their homes in eastern and western Europe during the war years. His energetic action went far to insure the success of a work which helped support the overall military government in occupied territories. Immediately preceding the collapse of Germany, when tens of thousands of displaced persons were being discovered daily, he spent most of his time in the field devising means to meet every emergency. So efficiently did his program function that more than half of the European displaced persons had been returned to their own countries by rail, motor or air transport one month after VE Day. Through his expert planning and untiring devotion to his highly responsible task he made an important contribution to the success of the combined command in Europe.