Sidney Ward Dunagan

The President of the United States takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Sidney Ward Dunagan (0-525079), First Lieutenant (Air Corps), U.S. Army Air Forces, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving as an Officer of a Troop Carrier Airplane in the 50th Troop Carrier Squadron, 314th Troop Carrier Group, NINTH Air Force, while transporting Allied ground forces on 6 June 1944, during the initial invasion of Normandy, France. The personal courage and devotion to duty displayed by First Lieutenant Dunagan 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 9th Air Force, and the United States Army Air Forces.