MAJOR LLOYD A. WATLAND, then First Lieutenant, Field Artillery Headquarters 90th Infantry Division Artillery, United States Army. For extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy in Germany. On 10 November 1944, infantry elements assaulting Fort Koenigsmacher on the far side of the flooded Moselle River, were critically in need of supplies which could not be delivered to them over normal supply lines because of the high water. Lieutenant Watland, an artillery liaison pilot, boldly flew into the enemy antiaircraft zone, deliberately drawing fire upon himself to determine an air approach to the Fort. Flying at an altitude of only ten feet, subjected to small arms and artillery fire, he found a zone not covered by antiaircraft fire and successfully led ten flights to the Fort. The conspicuous heroism this officer displayed and his skill and courageous devotion to duty exemplefy the highest traditions of the military service.

Major Watland resided in Arizona. He joined the L.O.V. in 1987.