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Navy Federal Credit Union
Clifford
J.
Rylands
, Jr.

Home:

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, 

Pennsylvania

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant, Junior Grade

    Batallion:

    Composite Squadron 83 (VC-83)

    Division:

    U.S.S. Sargent Bay (CVE-83)

    Action Date:

    March 26 – May 1, 1945
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 369 (November 1947)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant, Junior Grade Clifford J. Rylands, 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 EIGHTY-THREE (VC-83), embarked in U.S.S. SARGENT BAY (CVE-83), over the Ryukyu Islands, from 26 March 1945 to 1 May 1945.