(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: 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 Corps) Arden Davis Connick (ASN: 0-761710), United States Army Air Forces, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving as an Aerial Gunner of a Bomber during a raid on the Japanese field of Boram near Wewak , on 29 August 1944 . Before reaching the target the formation of bombing planes was attacked by approximately 30 enemy planes. A successful bombing run was made , destroying ground aircraft and firing oil dumps. The attack of enemy fighters continued and Staff Sergeant Crandall had shot down one of them when a burst of fire into the waist of the plane ignited a flare and shot out the plane’s hydraulic system . To prevent the flames from reaching the hydraulic fluid, he kicked a hole in the camera door and threw the flare out . Wounded in the leg and an arm when hostile planes renewed the attack, and with his hands badly burned , he turned to his guns and shot down another of the enemy planes. Staff Sergeant Crandall displayed high skill and courage in his prompt and heroic action of saving the lives of the crew and his personal courage and zealous devotion to duty have upheld the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Army Air Forces.