(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Rear Admiral (CEC) James R. Davis, 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 Director, Pacific Division, Bureau of Yards and Docks, and as Commander, Naval Construction Battalions Pacific, from May 1963 to February 1966, for his direction of the immense engineering and construction requirements in Southeast Asia.