(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Commander [then Lieutenant] Harrie A. James, 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 Assistant Intelligence Officer on the Staff of the Commander of a Task Force during the invasion of Southern France in August 1944.

(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Commander, [then Lieutenant Commander] Harrie A. James, 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 Assistant Intelligence Officer on the Staff of a Naval Task Force Commander attached to the EIGHTH Fleet in the Mediterranean Theater from March to October 1943.