The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Medal (Air Force) to Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Daniel Harrison (AFSN: 9759A/0-25462), United States Air Force, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished service in a position of great responsibility to the Government of the United States from 21 May 1951 to 6 August 1953 while a prisoner of war in North Korea. Despite a deteriorating physical condition resulting from the unskilled amputation of one injured leg, six primitive operations on the remaining one, inhumanly brutal beatings, long periods of sadistic torture and ruthless incessant interrogations, Colonel Harrison remained resolutely steadfast in his refusal to divulge security information to the enemy. In November 1951, during a forced winger march of 140 miles from Kangdong to Pingchong-Ni, Colonel Harrison, although compelled to hobble along on crude, makeshift crutches, and clad only in lightweight clothing, with a singular display of selfless humanitarianism, frequently surrendered his own place on the one small ox-cart to other prisoners whom he considered in worse physical condition than himself. Colonel Harrison was hated and feared by both the North Koreans and Chinese Communists for his aggressive belligerence to their demands. His exemplary conduct, in all places where he was confined, was an instrumental factor in inspiring other prisoners of war with the will to resist the enemy. The outstanding leadership, intrepid courage, tenacious determination and heroic self-sacrifice of Colonel Harrison are worthy of emulation by his countrymen and reflect the highest credit upon himself and the United States Air Force.