The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Legion of Merit (Navy Award) to Air Commodore Sidney Wallingford, Royal New Zealand Air Force, for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States during World War II. As staff officer of the Royal New Zealand Air Force in the South Pacific Area, Commodore Wallingford developed a smoothly functioning liaison, coordinating the operations of his own group and the air units of the U.S. Army, Navy and Marine Corps.