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) Thomas Duncan Sellers, United States Army Air Forces, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving as Co-Pilot of a B-17 Heavy Bomber in the 535th Bombardment Squadron, 381st Bombardment Group (H), EIGHTH Air Force, while participating in a bombing mission on 8 October 1943, against enemy targets near Bremen, Germany. After the target was successfully bombed, enemy cannon fire tore open the nose of the plane, killed the pilot, and wounded Lieutenant Sellers. Despite severe wounds, and cold from the open cockpit, Lieutenant Sellers, with superb skill, courage, and determination to save the airplane and its crew, brought the heavily damaged plane into formation, guided it through two hours of ceaseless fighter attacks, and returned the plane and its crew safely to their home base. His courage, calmness, and heroism were an inspiration to his comrades and reflect great credit upon himself, the 8th Air Force, and the United States Army Air Forces.