(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Commander Volckert Petrus Douw (NSN: 0-63230), United States Navy, was awarded the Legion of Merit (Posthumously) for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. HAXELWOOD during the Battle for Leyte Gulf, 18 to 29 October 1944.