Oscar B. Myers

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Oscar B. Myers, First Lieutenant (Air Service), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Cierges, France, September 28, 1918. Sent on a particularly hazardous mission, First Lieutenant Myers harassed and routed enemy troops. Lieutenant Myers then climbed higher to look for German planes. With two other officers he encountered nine Fokkers protecting a reconnaissance machine, flying in one of the most effective formations used by the enemy. Out-maneuvering the hostile planes, the three officers succeeded in routing them. After a quick turn Lieutenant Myers dived at the reconnaissance machine and crashed it to the ground in flames.