Victor Emanuel Walton

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Victor Emanuel Walton (0-425052), First Lieutenant (Air Corps), U.S. Army Air Forces, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving as Pilot of a P-39 Fighter Airplane in the 54th Fighter Group, ELEVENTH Air Force, in aerial combat against enemy forces on 3 September 1942, in the Territory of Alaska. First Lieutenant Walton’s unquestionable valor in aerial combat is in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflects great credit upon himself, the 11th Air Force, and the United States Army Air Forces.