Gerald Provost Thomas

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Gerald Provost Thomas, Second Lieutenant (Air Service), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Cambrai, France, September 22, 1918. When ten enemy planes of his group were attacked by a superior number of the enemy, Lieutenant Thomas refused to seek safety in flight, but attacked a superior number of the enemy in order to assist another member of his squadron to escape. In the performance of this act he was shot down and killed by the enemy.