Steve H. Kovacik
U.S. Strategic Forces in Europe, General Orders No. 29 (1944)
The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Steve H. Kovacik, Technical Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while participating in a bombing mission on 6 March 1944, against enemy ground targets in the European Theater of Operations. The personal courage and devotion to duty displayed by Technical Sergeant Kovacik on this occasion have upheld the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Army Air Forces.
