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 Staff Sergeant George N. Harrison (ASN: 32366869), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving with Company L, 3d Battalion, 242d Infantry Regiment, 42d Infantry Division, in action against enemy forces on 25 January 1945 near Kaltenhouse, France. Sergeant Harrison was in a small woods with several members of his platoon who were attempting to reach a house across an open field. When three of the men were wounded by enemy snipers and were unable to withdraw with the rest of the platoon, Sergeant Harrison gave his rifle to a BAR man whose weapon would not work and crawled out unarmed in the face of enemy fire to assist the wounded. After aiding one man to safety, he was attempting to move another when a sniper killed him and the wounded man. Sergeant Harrison’s heroic sacrifice for his comrades was in keeping with the highest ideals of the service.