AWARDED DFC: 1
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Citation:  1.) The President of the United States takes great pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to First Lieutenant Edwin H. Armstrong for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight on a mission to bomb Saarlautern, Germany. On 2 December 1944, Lieutenant Armstrong was serving as Co-pilot of a B-26 type aircraft when a burst of anti-aircraft fire severely damaged his aircraft, injuring his Pilot and several crew members. Immediately taking over control of the aircraft, Lieutenant Armstrong, despite . . . remaining verbiage is not available