(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Captain Robert K. Irvine, United States Navy, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Technical Director of the Navy Surface Missile Systems Project from March 1963 to May 1965. Captain Irvine contributed materially to the operational readiness of Surface-to-Air missile ships, and to the Surface Missile Systems Project.