(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Captain (SC) Carl A. LaBarre, United States Navy, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Officer-in-Charge of the Atlantic Fleet POLARIS Material Office and Assistant for Material Support of the Technical Director, Special Projects Office from June 1959 to May 1966, for his contributions to innovations and new concepts which contributed to the highly successful logistic support within the vital Fleet ballistic missile program and to improvements in the project management within the Navy.