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Citation:  1.) The President of the United States takes great pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to First Lieutenant Forrest B. Randolph for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight between 6 October 1944 and 10 March 1945 with the India China Division, Air Transport Command. Lieutenant Randolph participated in more than three hundred (300) hours of operational flight in transport aircraft over the dangerous and difficult Assam-China air routes, where enemy interception and attack was probable and expected. Flying at night, as well as by day, at high altitudes over impassable, mountainous terrain through areas characterized by extremely treacherous weather conditions necessitating long periods of operation on instruments, often encountering severe icing conditions and mechanical difficulties requiring courageous and superior performance of his duties to overcome, he accomplished his missions with distinction. Lieutenant Randolph's heroic achievement in the face of the hazards and difficulties faced regularly and continuously with steadfast devotion to duty, reflects much credit on himself and the Army Air Forces of the United States.