Joseph M. Fox
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Air Force
World War II
U.S. Army-Mediterranean Theater of Operations, General Orders No. 56 (1944)
The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Joseph M. Fox, First Lieutenant (Air Corps), U.S. Army Air Forces, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy during an air mission in World War II. First Lieutenant Fox’s unquestionable valor in aerial combat is in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflects great credit upon himself and the United States Army Air Forces.
