Wallace N. Emmer

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Wallace N. Emmer (0-730422), Captain (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-51 Fighter Airplane in the 353d Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group, NINTH Air Force, in aerial combat against enemy forces on 26 July 1944, in the European Theater of Operations. On this day Captain Emmer destroyed two enemy aircraft and assisted in destruction of a third. Captain Emmer’s unquestionable valor in aerial combat is in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflects great credit upon himself, the 9th Air Force, and the United States Army Air Forces.