Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Sergeant

Unit:

629th Tank Destroyer Battalion, 75th Infantry Division, U.S. Army

Awarded on:

1945

"Sergeant Oscar Mayo Mullins, United States Army, was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving with the 629th Tank Destroyer Battalion, in action against enemy forces 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'' intrepid actions, 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, his unit, and the United States Army."

Headquarters, First U.S. Army, General Orders No. 45 (posthumously awarded)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)