The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Distinguished Service Medal to Captain Virginius Randolph Roane, United States Navy, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished service in a position of great responsibility to the Government of the United States as Commander Transport Group 90.2 from 30 June to 30 October 1950. Captain Roane worked industriously and continuously in the training of ships, ships’ crews and boat crews in preparation for the tremendous undertaking of transporting personnel, arms and supplies of the FIRST Marine Division for assaults upon the enemy and was successful in bringing his group to a high level of combat readiness and efficiency, and in supervising the planning and execution of the amphibious operations at Pohang-dong, Inchon, and Wonsan. Although greatly handicapped by limited and inexperienced personnel, shortage of material and the difficulty of assembling many ships from points in the U.S., he effectively arranged for and personally supervised the combat loading of his vessels and, despite the heavy weather of a typhoon, helped make it possible for the ships of the transport group to arrive without damage in the objective area, well prepared for their tasks.