D.F.C.
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Ralph Cheli, 23, fair-haired, blue-eyed, had 40 missions and 135 combat hours behind him in New Guinea; he had the D.F.C. and the Air Medal.
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Weaver enlisted in 1941, won a D.F.M. as a noncom, then a D.F.C. as an officer.
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At Dieppe he had previously won the D.F.C.
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It was awarded by an act of Congress, and the first time in 20 years that the D.F.C. has been given to a civilian.
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The letters D.F.C. are placed after the name of the recipient.
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