AWARDED DFC: 1
CONFLICT/SPACE FLIGHT/EVENT:  WWII
MODEL:  A-20

Citation:  1.) The President of the United States takes great pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Captain Edward M. Sounhein for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight over Yalau Plantation on 5 March 1944. These officers, pilots in a group of twenty-four A-20’s ordered out to cover an Allied landing where three of the group who succeeded in getting through to their objective in the fact of terrific weather. Forming with a plane from another squadron, they bombed and strafed the beach precisely at the scheduled time, which contributed greatly to the success of the landing operations. The outstanding courage and devotion to duty of these officers are worthy of the highest commendation.