Kenneth P. Littauer

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    U.S. Army

    World War I

    General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919

    The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Kenneth P. Littauer, Major (Air Service), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Conflans, France, October 30, 1918. Major Littauer volunteered on a mission to protect a photographic plane for another squadron on September 14 and continued toward the objective at Conflans even after three other protecting planes had failed to start. In an encounter with five enemy pursuit planes he completely protected the photographic plane by skillful maneuvering, although his observer was wounded and his machine seriously damaged. On October 30, while on duty as chief of air service of the 3d Army Corps, Major Littauer volunteered and made an important reconnaissance of enemy machine-gun emplacements at a low altitude near Doulcon.

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