Rear Admiral JOHN H. MORRILL,received the Navy Cross for distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. Quail during the aerial bombarding of the Navy Yard, Cavite, on December 10, 1941, by enemy Japanese planes. Despite the fires and frequent explosion of air flasks and war heads at the Navy Yard at the time, Lieutenant Commander Morrill, displaying extraordinary courage and determination, proceeded to the dangerous area and towed disabled surface ships alongside docks to a safe area, thereby undoubtedly saving the crews from serious danger and the vessels for further war service.

Admiral Morrill joined the Legion of Valor in 1962 and resided in New York.