(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: 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 Sergeant Oscar Mayo Mullins (ASN: 33047090), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving with the 629th Tank Destroyer Battalion (Separate), FIRST U.S. Army, in action against enemy forces near Grandmenil, Belgium, on 26 December 1944. On that morning, Sergeant Mullins and the four men in his tank crew had just finished breakfast when the Germans opened fire on their position. While under heavy fire from German tanks that had crept up close, Sergeant Mullins got two men who were badly wounded out of the tank and sent two others to cover. Sergeant Mullins leaped back into the tank and began firing on the advancing Germans. He destroyed or disabled nearly a dozen German tanks before his own tank exploded in a huge ball of fire. Sergeant Mullins’ extraordinary heroism, personal bravery and zealous devotion to duty at the cost of his life, exemplify the highest traditions of the military forces of the United States and reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Army.