- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Rear Admiral
- Awarded on:
- February 1947
"For exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Commander Combat Battleship Division EIGHT, in the Central and Western Pacific from April 1943 to December 1944; and as Commanding Officer of a Battleship Task Force in the South Pacific from November 1943 to December 1944."
Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 360. (Gold Star in lieu for a second award of the LoM.)