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 Service) Sigbert A. G. Norris, United States Army Air Service, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 11th Aero Squadron, U.S. Army Air Service, A.E.F., near Dun-sur-Meuse, France, 26 September 1918. Deeming it impossible to catch their own formation, Lieutenant Norris, with Lieutenant William Wiring, pilot, attached themselves to a formation from the 20th Squadron and engaged in a 35-minute fight with 30 enemy aircraft. Five of the 20th Squadron were lost and the observer of one of the remaining planes seriously wounded. The wounded man had fallen in a position which had made the control of the machine difficult. Lieutenant Norris immediately motioned for his pilot to take a position between the enemy formation and the crippled companion, in order to protect it and continued to fight off the enemy planes until our lines were crossed.