(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant, Junior Grade Charles A. Kent, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Pilot of an Escort Torpedo Plane in Composite Squadron EIGHTY-THREE (VC-83), embarked in U.S.S. SARGENT BAY (CVE-83), over the Volcano and Ryukyu Islands, from 16 February 1945 to 1 April 1945.