The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to First Lieutenant (Air Corps) Archibald Allan Harrington (ASN: 0-885992), United States Army Air Forces, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving as Pilot of a Mosquito Night Fighter while attached to the 410th Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, over the Ruhr area on 25 November 1944. On this night, Lieutenant Harrington made contact with a German night fighter and scored direct hits causing the enemy plane to explode in mid-air and sending back debris which damaged his own plane. Regaining altitude, he made contact with a second enemy aircraft and shot it out of the air. Climbing again, he found two enemy fighters, and pressed home his attack against one of them despite the fact that the other enemy plane headed straight toward him. Narrowly avoiding a collision, Lieutenant Harrington sent a third enemy aircraft crashing to the ground. In pressing home these attacks against an enemy force of approximately 30 night fighters, Lieutenant Harrington displayed extraordinary heroism, skill, and devotion to duty which reflect highest credit upon himself and the Armed Forces of the United States.