Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Aviation Machinist’s Mate Second Class

    Action Date:

    September 13 – December 30, 1943

    Headquarters, 5th Air Force, General Orders No. 261 (April 29, 1944)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 2, 1926, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross (Army Award) to Aviation Machinist’s Mate Second Class Shelly J. Brownyard (NSN: 6335054), United States Navy, for extraordinary achievement while participating in sustained operational flight missions in the Southwest Pacific area from 13 September 1943 to 30 December 1943, during which hostile contact was probable and expected.