In his memoirs , Holloway III complained that " there has often been a tacit presumption that my father was in a position to advance my career as I gained seniority in the Navy . On the contrary , as a retired officer he had little or no influence over his own future , much less mine . " As an example of this presumption , when President Richard M. Nixon approved Holloway III 's nomination to succeed Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr. as Chief of Naval Operations , Zumwalt believed that Nixon acquiesced mainly to avoid overruling the recommendation of his secretary of defense , but that , " In addition , and I really think this was a factor , Mr. Nixon remembered Jimmy 's father from his own period of naval service . " His decorations include the Legion of Merit , awarded for organizing the DD-DE Shakedown Task Force of the Atlantic Fleet operational training command , with Gold Star in lieu of a second award for commanding the battleship '' Iowa '' in the Pacific theater ; the Navy Commendation Ribbon , awarded for leading Destroyer Squadron 10 during the landings at Casablanca , with star in lieu of a second ribbon for serving as director of training in the Bureau of Naval Personnel ; the Victory Medal with Destroyer Clasp ; the American Defense Service Medal with Fleet Clasp ; the American Campaign Medal ; the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with star ; the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with stars ; the World War II Victory Medal ; and the Philippine Liberation Medal . He was appointed Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold by the government of Belgium
Victory Medal
World War I Victory Medal (United States)
James L. Holloway Jr.