It is my privilege and pleasure to officially commend you and the officers and enlisted men of the 486th Bombardment Group (H) and all units serving with the group for noteworthy achievement in successfully completing one hundred (100) heavy bombardment missions over Germany and enemy occupied Continental Europe from 7 May 1944 to 6 November 1944.

In order to reduce the enemy's capacity to wage war, our combat crews go forth daily to deal devastating blows to vitally important enemy installations despite the determined opposition offered by a powerful foe, armed with the world's most concentrated anti-aircraft and fighter defenses. In this tremendous task, the 486th Bombardment Group has carried out its assignments in a manner deserving of the highest praise. Narratives of the numerous significant operations in which it has participated will fill many pages of future chronicles. On 10 September 1944 your group added the weight of its well placed bombs to others in virtually wiping out an enemy airfield at Giebelstadt, Germany. Again on 11 September 1944 a rubber plant vital to the enemy's war machine was almost completely destroyed. Other destructive blows in which you have contributed immeasurably to the success of the allied Air Offensive are the missions to Koblenz, Germany, 19 September 1944; Berlin, Germany, 6 October 1944; Misburg, Germany, 20 June 1944; and Freital, Germany, 24 August 1944.

Your units have established such an enviable record of success in combat only through perfect cooperation between combat and ground personnel, painstaking care in the planning and execution of missions, and a display of indefatigable zeal and aggressiveness.

Commended alike are the officers and men now present for duty, and those whose absence is keenly regretted. To you and to those brave men are due eternal praise and gratitude for heroic accomplishment in battles well fought, which add notably to the highest and most cherished traditions of the Army Air Forces.