The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Technical Sergeant Truell L. Sidebottom (MCSN: 268395), United States Marine Corps, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a Radioman-Gunner in Marine Scout-Bombing Squadron TWO HUNDRED FORTY-ONE (VMSB-241), during the Battle of Midway, 4 and 5 June 1945. In a determined attack against the invading Japanese Fleet, Corporal Webb, serving as rear-seat free machine-gunner, maintained fire in the face of overwhelming enemy fighter opposition and fierce anti-aircraft barrage. While under withering anti-aircraft fire, he again operated his machine gun and radio with courageous efficiency throughout the duration of a search and attack mission on the night of 4 – 5 June, and again during the assault upon a Japanese battleship on the morning of 5 June. His gallant devotion to duty was in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.