Vernon J. Kramer
U.S. Army Forces-China/Burma/India, General Orders No. 99 (1944)
The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Vernon J. Kramer (0-661333), First Lieutenant (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-40 Fighter Airplane in the 76th Fighter Squadron, 23d Fighter Group, TENTH Air Force, in aerial combat against enemy forces on 30 July 1943, in the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations. On that date, First Lieutenant Kramer shot down an enemy airplane. First Lieutenant Kramer’s unquestionable valor in aerial combat is in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflects great credit upon himself, the 10th Air Force, and the United States Army Air Forces.
