The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Legion of Merit, in the Degree of Officer (Navy Award) to Lieutenant Commander Norman R. Murch, Royal Navy, for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States during the invasion of Normandy, France, 6 June 1944. He drove off a hostile attack on a convoy and then rescued survivors of the sinking LST 314 and 376.