sentences:  Reported missing on 10 July 1943 and officially presumed dead on the next day, Comdr.Sarsfield was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross and cited for extraordinary heroism as commanding officer of "Maddox" during the invasion of Sicily on 10 July 1943.While his ship was supporting the assault at Gela, "Maddox" was attacked without warning and gravely damaged by one direct hit and two near misses by a German Ju 88 bomber.