(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Captain (MC) James J. Humes, 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 from 24 August 1960 to 30 June 1967, as Director of Laboratories, Naval Medical School, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, and as consultant to the Surgeon General of the Navy on laboratory medicine and blood programs.