The President of the United States of America, under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Sergeant First Class Eldridge Harrington (ASN: RA-17010292), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy of the United Nations while serving with Company G, 2d Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. Sergeant First Class Harrington distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism in action against enemy aggressor forces near the city of Anju, Korea, on 5 November 1950. On that date, Sergeant First Class Harrington was the first member of Company G to discover the approach of the Chinese Communist Forces which attacked his company’s position at approximately 0530 hours. He shouted the alarm to other members of his platoon and immediately directed his squad to engage the enemy by fire. As the squad opened fire the enemy, realizing that his attack had been discovered, attempted to overrun the squad’s position by sheer weight of numbers. With utter fearlessness, Sergeant Harrington ran up and down the ridge in his squad area shouting orders to his men. Having satisfied himself that his squad was fighting at maximum effectiveness, he himself jumped into a foxhole and took up the fire-fight. When last seen alive he was calmly and deliberately picking off the attacking enemy soldiers and shouting encouragement to his men. Sergeant Harrington’s body was found still clutching his rifle in the firing position. Directly in front of his position were seventeen enemy dead. Sergeant Harrington’s fearless self sacrifice on this occasion and the determined resistance which he inspired in his squad made possible the successful withdrawal of company G to secondary defensive positions from which the company successfully stopped the enemy attack. The extraordinary heroism displayed by Sergeant First Class Harrington on this occasion reflects the greatest credit on himself and is in keeping with the high traditions of the military service.