The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, 20 July 1942, takes pleasure in presenting the Legion of Merit (Navy Award) to Captain James G. MacKinley, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve, for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Royal Canadian Naval Liaison Officer, Heaquarters of Cominch, June 1941 to September 1945.