The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, 20 July 1942, takes pleasure in presenting the Legion of Merit, in the Degree of Chief Commander (Navy Award) to Admiral Sir Bertram Home Ramsay, Royal Navy, for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Allied Naval Commander-in-Chief, Expeditionary Force, during the invasion of Normany, on 6 June 1944.