AWARDED DFC: 1
CONFLICT/SPACE FLIGHT/EVENT:  WWII
MODEL:  -

Citation:  1.) The President of the United States takes great pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Captain Donald H. King for extraordinary achievement while participating in operational flights totaling more than two hundred hours in unarmed, heavily loaded transport airplanes, during which exposure to enemy fire was probable and expected. During the period from 13 January 1944 to 5 May 1944, Captain King has completed flights from bases in Upper Assam, providing food, clothing, mail, medicinal supplies, and material to our forward elements, and to those of our Indian, British and Chinese Allies in the hills and mountains of Upper Burma. Undaunted by the hazards faced regularly and continuously, Captain King performed his duties in such a manner that the highest credit is reflected upon himself and the military forces of the United States.