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(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Captain Charles Johnes Moore, United States Navy, was awarded a Gold Star in lieu of a Second Award of the Silver Star for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Senior Naval Member, Senior Member of the Joint U.S. Strategic Committee from September 1942 to July 1943; Senior Naval Member and Senior Member of the Joint War Plans Committee, April 1943 to July 1943, and Deputy Secretary to the Joint Chief of Staff, May 1945 to October 1945.

Awards Received

  • Navy Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant Commander

    Division:

    U.S.S. Downes

    Action Date:

    World War I

    The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Lieutenant Commander Charles Johnes Moore, United States Navy, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. DOWNES, engaged in the important, exacting and hazardous duty of patrolling the waters infested with enemy submarines and mines, in escorting and protecting vitally important convoys of troops and supplies through these waters, and in offensive and defensive action, vigorously and unremittingly prosecuted against all forms of enemy naval activity during World War I.

  • Navy Distinguished Service Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Captain

    Action Date:

    August 1943 – September 1944

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 349 (April 1946)

    The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Distinguished Service Medal to Captain Charles Johnes Moore, United States Navy, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished service in a position of great responsibility to the Government of the United States as Chief of Staff to Commander FIFTH Fleet during the central Pacific campaign from August 1943 to September 1944. Captain Moore supervised planning for operations pointing toward capture and occupation of enemy-held positions in the Gilbert, Marshall and Mariana Islands and employed his comprehensive knowledge of combat strategy in guiding intricate details involved in executing these vital operations. Captain Moore contributed materially to the success of the FIFTH Fleet in securing control of the sea and air in the central Pacific and in defeating powerful units of the Japanese fleet in the First Battle of the Philippine Sea.