MEDAL FOR VALOR AWARDEES

MAJOR EGMIDIO C CRUZ 0-520476

Secret Mission USA and Australia- 28 February 1944

For exceptional heroism beyond the call of duty in action on a secret mission from Washington to Australia and to the Philippines, from May 3, 1943 to February 28, 1944, the medal for Valor is awarded to MAJ EGMIDIO C CRUZ, Philippine Army, in the active service of the Army of the United States.

MAJ CRUZ volunteered for the hazardous mission of entering the Philippines and obtaining information of great importance to the government of the Commonwealth and the Southwest Pacific Command. His capture by the enemy would have meant torture and certain death. He landed on Negros, travelled by various means and under various guises to Manila, and returned to Australia and thence to Washington, with his mission fully and satisfactorily accomplished.

In accomplishing this dangerous mission, MAJ CRUZ showed daring resourcefulness and long sustained courage.