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Wall of Honor Level:
Air and Space Friend

Honored by:

Citation for Distinguished Flying Cross reads:

For extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight against the enemy in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations. Throughout many combat missions against highly important and strategic enemy installations, 1stLt Walter Goldberg demonstrated the highest order of professional skill, heroism, leadership, and devotion to duty. Despite heavy enemy opposition encountered on these long and hazardous missions, together with severe and adverse weather conditions, his outstanding leadership, personal example and tactical skill have contributed materially to the defeat of the armed forced of the enemy. His conspicuous and extraordinary achievements through these many missions against the enemy have been of inestimable value to the success of combat operations and have reflected great credit upon himself and the Armed Force of the United States of America. Austria, 13 February 1945.