Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

1st Lieutenant

"For extraordinary achievement in aerial flight. Between 31 July 1944 and 12 March 1945, he participated, as pilot, in operational flights totaling more than nine hundred hours in unarmed, heavily loaded transport airplanes, during which exposure to enemy fire was probable and expected. During the periods indicated, he has completed flights from bases in Assam and Burma, providing food, clothing, mail, medicinal supplies, and material to our forward elements, and to those of our Indian, British and Chinese Allies in the hills and mountains of Burma. Undaunted by the hazards faced regularly and continuously, 1st Lt. Giles performed his duties in such a manner that the highest credit is reflected upon himself and the military forces of the United States."