(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 2, 1926, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Second Lieutenant (Air Corps) Leonard Madaus (ASN: 0-779919), United States Army Air Forces, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight while serving in the India-Burma Theater of Operations in 1944 and 1945. His outstanding courage and dedication to duty were in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Army Air Forces.