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Black and white photograph of Philip M. Morse, right, recieving the Medal of Merit for his work with the Anti-Submarine Warfare Research Group, from Monroe Kelly, US Navy. Original caption 1: "27 December 1946 Immediate Release File No. 5441 Dr. Philip McCord Morse, Director of the Brookhaven National Laboratory is presented with the Medal of Merit by Rear Admiral Monroe Kelly, USN, Commandant Third Naval District, in a ceremony at District Headquarters, 90 Church Street, New York City. This morning. The Award was made for Dr. Morse's service as wartime director of the Anti-Submarine Warfare Research Group."

Original caption 2: "For his service as wartime director of the Anti-Submarine Warfare Research Group in the Atlantic, Professor Philip M. Morse was recently awarded the Medal of Merit by Rear Admiral Monroe Kelly, U.S.N., Commandant of the Third Naval District. Professor Morse, well known to Review readers as one of its editorial associates, is on leave of absence to serve as director of the Brookhaven National Laboratory, devoted to pure research in atomic sciences." Used in: Technology Review, February 1947 p. 223.