The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Legion of Merit to Boatswain’s Mate First Class Charles H. Spencer, Jr., United States Navy, for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States during the occupation of French Morocco, 8 to 11 November 1942. Refusing to leave his boat for rest or food, Boatswain’s Mate First Class Spencer, with tenacious devotion to duty continued to make trips between ship and beach under dangerous and adverse conditions until all unloading was completed.