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Edsel
C.
Varney

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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Ensign

    Batallion:

    Composite Squadron 84 (VC-84)

    Division:

    U.S.S. Makin Island (CVE-93)

    Action Date:

    March 23 – April 29, 1945
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 369 (November 1947)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Ensign Edsel C. Varney, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Pilot of a Fighter Plane in Composite Squadron EIGHTY-FOUR (VC-84), embarked in U.S.S. MAKIN ISLAND (CVE-93), over Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, from 23 March 1945 to 29 April 1945.