The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Legion of Merit to Captain James C. Wooton, United States Navy, for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States from 4 July 1957 to 20 July 1960 as Technical Plans Officer, Special Projects Office. Responsible for planning detailed technical objectives of the Fleet Ballistic Missile Weapons System and for examining technical approaches to insure optimum advances in the state of the weapons system art, Captain Wooton exercised outstanding technical skill and sound judgment in the performance of his work in the missile program.