The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting Legion of Merit to Rear Admiral James Pine, United States Coast Guard, for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Superintendent, Coast Guard Academy, New London from October 1941 to September 1945. Primarily responsible for the expansion of the Coast Guard Academy to provide the types of education required of officers and men to fill highly specialized duties, he exercised leadership, professional skill, excellent planning and exceptional devotion to duty in training thousands of officers and officer candidates enabling the coast to contribute its full measure to the waging of s successful war. Introducing many new techniques of great value, he substantially improved officer training in all it phases.