(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Captain (CEC) Henry P. Needham, 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 while serving in the Bureau of Docks from 13 August 1944 to 1946; Officer-in-Charge, Advance Base Depot, Port Hueneme, California, from 7 December 1942 to 1 August 1944; Assistant Officer-in-Charge and Officer-in-Charge, Contract Construction Work, Bureau of Docks in the United Kingdom from 7 July 1941 to 6 October 1942.