Robert D. Johnston

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Robert D. Johnston (0-435787), Major (Air Corps), U.S. Army Air Forces, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving as Pilot of a P-47 Fighter Airplane in the 81st Fighter Squadron, 50th Fighter Group, NINTH Air Force, in aerial combat against enemy forces on 25 November 1944, in the European Theater of Operations. On this date Major Johnston shot down three enemy aircraft in a single mission which, when combined with three earlier victories, made him an ACE. Major Johnston’s unquestionable valor in aerial combat is in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflects great credit upon himself, the 9th Air Force, and the United States Army Air Forces.