Oscar F. Perdomo

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Oscar F. Perdomo (0-763328), 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-47 Fighter Airplane in the 464th Fighter Squadron, 507th Fighter Group, TWENTIETH Air Force, in aerial combat against enemy forces on 13 August 1945, during an air mission near Seoul, Korea. On that date, First Lieutenant Perdomo engaged a superior number of enemy aircraft, shooting down five in this one battle to become an ACE in a day. First Lieutenant Perdomo’s unquestionable valor in aerial combat is in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflects great credit upon himself, the 20th Air Force, and the United States Army Air Forces.