(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to First Lieutenant (Air Corps) George Arnold Prince (ASN: 0-685215), United States Army Air Forces, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving as Pilot of a B-24 Heavy Bomber in the 781st Bombardment Squadron, 465th Bombardment Group (H), FIFTEENTH Air Force, while participating in a bombing mission on 30 May 1944, against enemy targets in the Mediterranean Theater of Action. First Lieutenant Prince was flying his B-24H Liberator to bomb the Neudorfl Fleugzeufabrik Aircraft Components Factory at Neunkirken, Austria. The bomber was shot down by a German ME-109 over Yugoslavia and crashed at Lusci Plank, Yugoslavia. First Lieutenant Prince and the Navigator died but all the other crew members survived, thanks to the intrepid pilot’s flying skill and cool handling of this fatally damaged bomber. The personal courage and zealous devotion to duty displayed by First Lieutenant Prince on this occasion, at the cost of his life, have upheld the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, the 15th Air Force, and the United States Army Air Forces.