(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: 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 Technician Fourth Grade Sinton Jones, Jr. (ASN: 37235749), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving with Company E, 2d Battalion, 165th Infantry Regiment, 27th Infantry Division, in action against enemy forces at Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, on 20, 21, 25, and 27 April 1945. While he was Company Aidman for Company E, during the battle for Okinawa, his company was given the mission of seizing a high, well-fortified ridge. Shortly after the assault began, the open field was strewn with wounded and dying men, and squads which attempted to rescue them were themselves destroyed. Despite the great danger to himself, he left his shelter and began to administer aid to the wounded. Although Technician Jones is a slight man, when enemy riflemen made his position untenable, he picked up the man he was working on and, protecting the wounded man with his own body, carried him fifty yards across the field to safety. That evening, during a particularly heavy artillery barrage. Several men in a nearby foxhole were badly hit. Again leaving his shelter, Technician Jones ran to them and gave them first aid, disregarding shells bursting all around him. On two other occasions enemy riflemen concentrated on him as he was treating a wounded man. In each case he shielded the soldier with his body, while giving medical attention, and then picked up his patient, carrying him through a storm of bullets to shelter. Two days later, during an attack upon the village of Yafusu, a company three hundred yards to the left of his unit was suffering heavy casualties. Crossing the open ground which was raked by interlocking lanes of machine gun fire, he went to the aid of the wounded. When a shortage of plasma developed, he dashed back to his own company and, securing an armful of bottles, returned again across the fire-swept terrain to give the lifesaving fluid to the injured man. Later the same day he gave first aid to another wounded man n the top of a hill, while lying in a prone position because of intense grazing fire. He then returned to the medical station, got a stretcher, brought it back to the hilltop, rolled the wounded man onto the libber, and, still in a prone position, dragged the casualty back to safety. These gallant and determined actions of Technician Third Grade Jones in repeatedly and deliberately risking his life for the welfare of his comrades saved many lives. His extraordinary heroism, personal bravery and zealous devotion to duty exemplify the highest traditions of the military forces of the United States and reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Army.