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 Staff Sergeant Wallace B. McGaughey for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight while serving as Ball Turret Gunner on twenty bombardment missions over enemy-occupied Continental Europe. Displaying great courage and skill, Sergeant McGaughey fighting from his gun position, has destroyed one enemy airplane, warded off many enemy attacks and has materially aided in the success of each of the twenty missions. The courage, coolness, and skill displayed by Sergeant McGaughey on all these occasions reflect the highest credit upon himself and the Armed Forces of the United States.