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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    Foreign

    Rank:

    Lieutenant

    Regiment:

    219th Escadrille

    Division:

    French Air Service

    Action Date:

    September 14 – 15, 1918

    War Department, General Orders 81 (1919)

    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 Lieutenant Benjamin Guyot, French Air Service, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving as Pilot, 219th Escadrille, French Air Service, in the region of St. Mihiel, France, September 14 – 15, 1918. Lieutenant Guyot, without protection, made three separate and distinct trips well into the enemy’s lines; disregarding anti-aircraft and ground machine-gun fire, he accomplished artillery adjustments of the highest military value.