Sgt. Joseph D. Marks, 22, Army Air Forces, of pittsburgh, Pa., has received the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal and eleven Oakleaf Clusters, for heroism as an engineer-gunner in the European area, it was reported today by the National Jewish Welfare Board. He has flown on 70 combat missions, including assaults on targets in France, Holland, Belgium and Germany.
Sgt. Marks served aboard a B-26 bomber on missions during which, according to the DFC citation, his “unfaltering devotion to duty and tireless zeal were inestimable contributions” to their successful completion.
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