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 Captain (Infantry), [then First Lieutenant] Hugo Sheridan Sims, Jr. (ASN: 0-1314557), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving as S-2 of the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, in action against enemy forces near Renkum, Holland, from 29 to 31 October 1944. Captain Sims voluntarily led a five-man patrol on a round-trip mission of twenty miles through enemy-occupied territory. The patrol having reached a main highway, he organized and set up an observation post for the daylight hours, radioing back information on enemy movements. By his willingness to face great risk, he established the identity of several units facing the airborne division across the river, located artillery targets, determined the disposition of the enemy strongpoints, identified the type of military traffic along the main enemy route of communications, and returned with thirty-two prisoners for detailed questioning.