Samuel Kaye, Jr.

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Samuel Kaye, Jr., First Lieutenant (Air Service), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action over the region of Epinonville, France, September 29, 1918. While on a mission Lieutenant Kaye, accompanied by another machine piloted by Lieutenant Reed M. Chambers, encountered a formation of six enemy machines (Fokker type) at an altitude of 3,000 feet. Despite numerical superiority of the enemy Lieutenant Kaye and Lieutenant Chambers immediately attacked and succeeded in destroying one and forced the remaining five to retire into their own lines.

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Samuel Kaye, Jr., First Lieutenant (Air Service), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action over the region of Montfaucon and Bantheville, France, October 5, 1918. Lieutenant Kaye encountered a formation of seven enemy machines (Fokker type). Regardless of their numerical superiority, he immediately attacked and by skillful maneuvering succeeded in separating one enemy plane from its formation and after a short combat shot it down in flames.