(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Captain Roy William Graham, 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 Communications Officer on the Staff of Commander Hawaiian Sea Frontier and as District Communications Officer, FOURTEENTH Naval District, during operations against enemy Japanese forces from the outbreak of hostilities in 1941 to 8 February 1944.