John H. Snyder

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John H. Snyder, First Lieutenant (Air Service), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action September 12, 1918. While on a special mission to determine the probable enemy concentration in the back areas, Lieutenant Snyder, with his pilot, in spite of almost impossible flying conditions, flew 60 kilometers over the enemy lines at a very low altitude. The unfavorable weather alone would have warranted them in turning back, but they continued on regardless of very active and accurate machine-gun and anti-aircraft fire. They returned to our lines only when their mission was successfully completed.