- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Admiral
- Unit:
- Allied Naval Commander-in-Chief, Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF), Allied Forces
- Awarded on:
- July 17th, 1945
- Awarded for:
- Operation Neptune
"For exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Allied Naval Commander-in-Chief, Expeditionary Force, during the invasion of Normandy, on 6 June 1944."
Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 342, September 1945 (posthumously awarded)