The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 2, 1926, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to First Lieutenant (Air Corps) James E. Campbell, United States Army Air Forces, for operational flight missions as a member of the 21st Troop Carrier Squadron, 374th Troop Carrier Group, from December 14, 1942 to February 8, 1943 for extraordinary achievement while participating in fifty operational flight missions in the Southwest Pacific Area, during which hostile contact was probable and expected. These operations included missions for dropping supplies to advanced outposts, transporting troops and equipment to forward areas and evacuating wounded personnel. The officers and enlisted men made these flights in unarmed transport airplanes, flying at low altitudes over mountainous terrain under adverse weather conditions. Landings on improvised airfields within a few miles of enemy positions were frequent. Throughout the operations, these transport crew members displayed outstanding ability, courage and devotion to duty.