(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Captain Kenneth H. Noble, 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 Officer-in-Charge of Fire Control, Radar and Optical Procurement, Bureau of Ordnance from May 1943 to December 1944.

(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Captain Kenneth H. Noble, United States Navy, was awarded a Gold Star in lieu of a Second Award of the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. ALASKA (CB-1), in operations against Japanese forces in the Pacific, from 10 February 1945 to 2 September 1945.