The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Distinguished Service Medal to Vice Admiral John Louis Chew, United States Navy, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished service in a position of great responsibility to the Government of the United States as Commander Antisubmarine Warfare Force, Pacific, from January 1966 through June 1967. Vice Admiral Chew demonstrated an extraordinary ability in combining outstanding leadership and keen insight to produce unprecedented advances in antisubmarine readiness in the Pacific. In promoting the effectiveness of ASW, he guided the ASW force to overall knowledge of ASW problems and accelerated the pace toward the solving of these problems.
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Legion of Merit
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Legion of Merit
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United States NavyRank:
Rear AdmiralAction Date:
June 10, 1961 – May 24, 1962
All Hands (November 1962)The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Legion of Merit to Rear Admiral John Louis Chew, United States Navy, for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States from 10 June 1961 to 24 May 1962, as Commander Task Force 140 (Commander Project MERCURY Recovery Force). Skillfully directing the recovery operations for Project MERCURY manned space flights during this period, Rear Admiral Chew, through his outstanding professional ability and inspiring leadership, made an invaluable contribution to the successful completion of these sub-orbital and orbital flights and to the prestige earned for the United States thereby. In addition to directing the Recovery Force from the Control Center at Cape Canaveral, he also coordinated Contingency Recovery planning and information dissemination, keeping far-flung units around the world alerted as to the flight status.