Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Lieutenant Commander

Unit:

U.S.S. Menges (DE-320), U.S. Navy

Awarded on:

September 1944

"For meritious conduct on 20 April 1944, while serving as Commanding Officer of a destroyer escort off the Algerian Coast. When an U.S. destroyer on convoy escort duty was attacked and sunk by enemy planes, his ship proceeded to the rescue of survivors. He displayed great skill and exceptional seamanship in so maneuvering his ship that more than one hundred exhausted and injured survivors were saved. Later, when his ship was torpedoed in action with an enemy submarine, he so skillfully directed the operation of his ship that although seriously among damaged it was saved and brought into part."

Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 330