The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting Legion of Merit to Chief Pharmacist’s Mate Harold Levy, United States Coast Guard, for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States. When a U.S. destroyer while escorting a valuable convoy in the Mediterranean was attacked by enemy aircraft and subsequently sunk, Chief Pharmacist’s Mate Levy, with great professional skill administered first aid and emergency medical attention to many of the survivors that had been rescued by the U.S.S. MENGES, his efforts probably saving the lives of many injured personnel. Later, when the MENGES was attacked and badly damaged by an enemy torpedo, Chief Pharmacist’s Mate Levy, the only pharmacist’s mate attached to the ship, rendered first aid and medical treatment to 25 severely injured wounded members of the crew, thereby contributing to the saving of the lives of many men.