The Distinguished Flying Cross is awarded to any person who,
while serving in any capacity with the Armed Forces of the United
States, distinguishes himself by heroism or extraordinary
achievement while participating in aerial flight. The performance
of the act of heroism must be evidenced by voluntary action above
and beyond the call of duty. The extraordinary achievement must
have resulted in an accomplishment so exceptional and outstanding
as to clearly set the individual apart from his comrades or from
other persons in similar circumstances. Awards will be made only to
recognize single acts of heroism or extraordinary achievement and
will not be made in recognition of sustained operational activities
against an armed enemy.
The Distinguished Flying Cross was established in the Air Corps
Act (Act of Congress, 2 July 1926, Public Law No. 446,
69th Congress). This act provided for award "to any
person, while serving in any capacity with the Air Corps of the
Army of the United States, including the National Guard and the
Organized Reserves, or with the United States Navy, since the
6th day of April 1917, has distinguished, or who, after
the approval of this Act, distinguishes himself by heroism or
extraordinary achievement while participating in an aerial
flight."
We were unable to discover what act of “...heroism or
extraordinary achievement while participating in an aerial flight."
this recipient received the Distinguished Flying Cross for but we
still wanted to bring you to this site.
Will you need to use the Distinguished Flying Cross
recipient’s grave stone to obtain the coordinates for the
cache.
N43° 50.ABC
W089° 33.DEF
A = The second digit in the year of his birth
B = Number of letter in his rank
C = The third digit in the year of his death
D = Number of letters in his last name
E = Number of near by benches plus number of near by flag
ploes
F = Number of letters in his first name
The "SQ" in the cache name above
signifies Spirit Quest, a project started in Indiana
(GCHRFJ)
to distinguish caches that are set in
cemeteries. The idea has since spread throughout the Midwest and
elsewhere.
Wisconsin cache owners are joining in as of 2007, with the
designation WSQ prefixing their cache names. As elsewhere, this is
a voluntary effort to help designate and highlight these special
areas.
Please be respectful of the area, and observe their rules and
posted hours which are typically sunrise to
sunset