(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: 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 Second Lieutenant (Air Corps) Bernard Elwood Anderson (ASN: 0-724109), United States Army Air Forces, fo extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving in a B-17 Heavy Bomber of the 30th Bombardment Squadron, 19th Bombardment Group (H), FIFTH Air Force, during a bombing mission on 5 October 1942, against enemy Japanese targets in the Southwest Pacific. The personal courage and zealous devotion to duty displayed by Second Lieutenant Anderson on this occasion have upheld the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, the 5th Air Force, and the United States Army Air Forces.