Edward P. Curtis

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Edward P. Curtis, First Lieutenant (Air Service), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the region of Stenay, France, September 27, 1918. Lieutenant Curtis volunteered to perform a reconnaissance patrol of particular danger and importance 30 kilometers within the enemy’s territory. He made the entire journey through a heavy antiaircraft and machine-gun fire, and flew at an extremely low altitude to secure the desired information.