(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Captain Elbert M. Stever, United States Navy, was awarded a Gold Star in lieu of a Second Award of the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States while serving in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations as Assistant for Aviation Maintenance to the Director, Ships Material Readiness Division, from August 1963 to June 1965, by his contributions in the development of the Standard Navy Maintenance and Material Management System for Aviation.



