AWARDED DFC: 1
CONFLICT/SPACE FLIGHT/EVENT:  WWII
MODEL:  B-26

Citation:  1.) The President of the United States takes great pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to First Lieutenant Arnold J. Mandiberg for extraordinary achievement while serving as Pilot on a B-26 airplane on twenty-five bombardment missions over enemy occupied Continental Europe. Lieutenant Mandiberg participated in these missions dispatched against heavily defended enemy positions in which his high degree of professional attainment aided materially in their successful culmination. His commendable initiative and devotion to duty exemplify the highest traditions of the Army Air Force.