Joseph C. Raible, Jr.

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Joseph C. Raible, Jr., First Lieutenant (Air Service), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Chateau-Thierry, France, July 5, 1918. Lieutenant Raible and three other pilots, at an altitude of 4,700 meters, attacked an enemy formation of eight battle planes flying at an altitude of 5,000 meters. The German machines dived on them and Lieutenant Raible engaged two in combat. In a hard fight, lasting five minutes and finishing at an altitude of 3,000 meters, he shot down one of the attacking party and drove off the other.