Donald D. Warner

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Donald D. Warner, First Lieutenant (Air Service), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action on September 4, 1918. While on a bombing expedition with other planes from his squadron First Lieutenant Warner engaged in a running fight over hostile territory with a superior number of enemy battle planes, from Friauville to Lamorville, France. During the combat he was severely wounded, his right thigh being badly shattered. In spite of his injuries he continued to operate his machine-guns until the hostile formation had been driven off and one plane shot down, burning.