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 Captain (Air Corps) Ronald Dean Hubbard (ASN: 0-371850), United States Army Air Forces, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving as Bombardier of a B-25 Medium Bomber in the 3d Bombardment Group (L), FAR EAST Air Force, while participating in bombing missions on 11 and 12 April 1942, against enemy Japanese targets Cebu and Davao, Philippine Islands. When the unit to which he was assigned was scheduled to proceed from Australia to the Philippine Islands on bombing missions, Major Hubbard, although so ill from dengue fever that he had been removed from the list of airplane commanders, volunteered and was permitted to make the flight as bombardier in the lead airplane. He completed four bombing missions with signal success, in one of them obtaining a hit on an enemy transport which caused it to capsize. On another mission, he manned the nose machine gun of his plane after completion of the bombing run and shot down a hostile seaplane. The personal courage and zealous devotion to duty displayed by Captain Hubbard on these occasions have upheld the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, the Far East Air Force, and the United States Army Air Forces.