The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Distinguished Service Medal to Commander (MC) Julius Martin Amberson (NSN: 0-35155), United States Naval Reserve, for exceptionally meritorious service to the Government of the United States in a duty of great responsibility as Medical Officer in Command of Epidemiology Unite No. 50, operating in Egypt, Lebanon, Turkey and East and South Africa, over an extended period of time. Obtaining protocols to establish the official presence of this Unit in the East, Middle East and Africa, Commander Amberson conducted pioneer research in the treatment of Asiatic cholera and relapsing fever, developing the unit into a potent force in the control of endemic diseases, a source of sound basic research and a creator of good will towards the United States. He maintained effective liaison with the United States Typhus Commission stationed in Egypt and later, assumed responsibility for the Commission’s duties, equipment and continuing clinical investigations. In addition, he demonstrated the value of penicillin in treating the victims of relapsing fever. Introducing a revolutionary cure for Asiatic cholera after extensive and painstaking scientific and medical development, Commander Amberson applied this treatment in 500 cases of this ordinarily fatal disease and, by his efforts, prevented the loss of a single life in the test group, thereby bringing to mankind a new method of treatment which will undoubtedly save the lives of untold thousands in the years to come. Through his professional skill, administrative ability and great scientific motives maintained despite his continual exposure to fatal endemic diseases, Commander Amberson has made an outstanding contribution in the field of medical research and his unwavering devotion to an important assignment reflects the highest credit upon himself and the United States Naval Service.