(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant, Junior Grade Matthew Rossen, Jr., United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Pilot of an Escort Fighter Plane in Composite Squadron NINETY-THREE (VC-93), embarked in U.S.S. SARGENT BAY (CVE-83), over the Volcano and Ryukyu Islands, from 18 February 1945 to 1 May 1945.