(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 Second Lieutenant (Air Corps) Leroy Raymond Sullivan (ASN: 0-806168), United States Army Air Forces, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving as Pilot of a B-26 Medium Bomber in the 575th Bombardment Squadron, 391st Bombardment Group (M), NINTH Air Force, while participating in a bombing mission on 7 June 1944, against enemy targets in the European Theater of Operations. The plane was hit by flak over a target in occupied France and was descending rapidly, but Lieutenant Sullivan held it on an even keel enabling crew members to bail out. He and the Engineer-Gunner were killed in the ensuing crash. The personal courage and zealous devotion to duty displayed by Second Lieutenant Sullivan on this occasion have upheld the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, the 9th Air Force, and the United States Army Air Forces.