Decorations and Awards
| Navy Cross | Navy Distinguished Service Medal with two gold stars | Sampson Medal |
| Spanish Campaign Medal | Philippine Campaign Medal | Nicaraguan Campaign Medal (1912) |
| Mexican Service Medal | Dominican Campaign Medal | World War I Victory Medal with "Overseas" clasp |
| American Campaign Medal | World War II Victory Medal | National Defense Service Medal |
Note: Leahy was ineligible for the American Defense Service Medal as he retired from the Navy in August 1939 and was recalled to active duty in May 1942. The medal was for active service from 8 September 1939 to 7 December 1941.
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Famous quotes containing the word decorations:
“Let the realist not mind appearances. Let him delegate to others the costly courtesies and decorations of social life. The virtues are economists, but some of the vices are also. Thus, next to humility, I have noticed that pride is a pretty good husband. A good pride is, as I reckon it, worth from five hundred to fifteen hundred a year.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)