James F. Manning, Jr.

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to James F. Manning, Jr., First Lieutenant (Air Service), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Doulcon, France, October 4, 1918. While leading a patrol of seven planes, Lieutenant Manning accepted combat with 17 German machines (type Fokker) at an altitude of 1,200 meters. Through his courageous leadership and skillful maneuver of his patrol, seven of the enemy planes were snot down.