(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Captain Francesco Costagliola, United States Navy, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Principal Military Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Atomic Energy), from 20 May 1964 to 13 March 1967, and as Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Atomic Energy) from the inception of this position on 14 March 1967 to 31 July 1967.