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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant Commander [then Lieutenant]

    Batallion:

    Fighting Squadron 10 (VF-10)

    Division:

    U.S.S. Enterprise

    Action Date:

    June 20, 1944

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 357 (December 1946)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Commander [then Lieutenant] Edward G. Colgan, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a Fighter Pilot in Fighting Squadron TEN (VF-10), embarked in U.S.S. ENTERPRISE, during the First Battle of the Philippine Sea, on 20 June 1944.