AWARDED DFC: 1
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Citation:  1.) The Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement in aerial flight. They have accomplished with distinction, as pilots, more than seventy-five fighter combat missions over enemy-held territory of Burma. In the execution of these flights they have with eagerness and vigour attacked enemy installations of material and troop concentrations, inflicting severe damage on these as well as bridges, airdromes and other communication facilities. These operations, in which they have flown, constitute acts of extraordinary achievement in aerial flight and reflect the highest credit on the military forces of the United States.