Lucien Diot

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Lucien Diot, Aspirant, French Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the region of St. Mihiel, France, September 12, 1918. Aspirant Diot, while flying at an extremely low altitude, had his wireless set destroyed by enemy fire. Rather than return to his field, and in spite of being eight kilometers beyond the lines, he descended to less than one hundred meters altitude and attacked an enemy convoy, routing it in confusion. This act was accomplished in spite of being under terrific machine-gun fire and heavy anti-aircraft artillery fire from the ground, his plane being shattered with bullets.