The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Distinguished Service Medal to Vice Admiral (MC) Ross T. McIntire, United States Navy, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished service in a position of great responsibility to the Government of the United States as Chief of Bureau of Medicine and Surgery and Surgeon General of the Navy from 7 December 1941 to 31 August 1945. Admiral McIntire directed the planning and the practical application of the vast program which provided medical care and supply for the Navy and Marine Corps on an unprecedented scale.