D.F.C.
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During his long service, his decorations included an Air Medal with eight oakleaf clusters and a D.F.C. with cluster.
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But a court-martial made an exception in the case of 24-year-old Captain Pervis Earl Youree, D.F.C. and cluster, Air Medal and three clusters.
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He took up flying again, wangled his way back into the R.A.F. in 1939, within a few months became an ace and walked off first with the D.S.O., then the D.F.C.
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Fortnight ago, police nabbed him swanking about Toronto in a flyer's uniform with a D.F.C. ribbon.
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He got the D.F.C. for his transcontinental flight.
From Famous Flyers And Their Famous Flights by Grayson, J. J.
The federal reinsurance will be limited to ships that meet certain—as yet unspecified—criteria, a DFC official said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026
The DFC reinsurance plan will insure losses up to $20 billion collectively on a rolling basis for eligible vessels.
From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 2026
The DFC and its predecessor, the Overseas Private Investment Corp., have long been in the political-risk insurance business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026
DFC Chief Executive Ben Black said on Friday that the reinsurance plan “will get oil, gasoline, LNG, jet fuel, and fertilizer through the Strait of Hormuz and flowing again to the world.”
From Barron's ● Mar. 6, 2026
The DFC is the international-investment arm of the U.S. government, and its funding was capped at $205 billion as of February.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 6, 2026
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