Lloyd Avery

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Lloyd Avery, First Lieutenant (Air Corps), U.S. Army Air Forces, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving as member of the crew of a B-19 Heavy Bomber of the 497th Bombardment Group (VH), Twentieth Air Force, while participating in a bombing mission on 27 January 1945, against enemy ground targets in Japan. The personal courage and devotion to duty displayed by First Lieutenant Avery on this occasion have upheld the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, the 20th Air Force, and the United States Army Air Forces.