Jose P. Gozar

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Jose P. Gozar, Third Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving as Pilot of a Fighter Airplane in the Philippine Army Air Corps, attached to the FAR EAST Air Force, in aerial combat against enemy forces on 10 December 1941, in the Philippine Islands. Third Lieutenant Gozar’s unquestionable valor in aerial combat is in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflects great credit upon himself, the Philippine Army Air Corps, and the United States Army Air Forces.