Hugo S. Sims
Born: at Orangeburg, South Carolina
Home Town: Orangeburg, South Carolina
Distinguished Service Cross
World War II
U.S. Army
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, in action against enemy forces from 29 to 31 October 1944. As the leader of "The Incredible Patrol," an operation behind German lines in which he led six soldiers on a patrol in two rubber dinghies across the Rhine River near Renkum, Netherlands, Lieutenant Sims and his men captured 32 German soldiers and ferried them back across the river. His gallant leadership, personal bravery and zealous devotion to duty exemplify the highest traditions of the military forces of the United States and reflect great credit upon himself, the 101st Airborne Division, and the United States Army.
Headquarters, European Theater of Operations, U.S. Army, General Orders No. 23 (1945)
The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Hugo S. Sims, First Lieutenant (Infantry), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving