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Nelson Pickering graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Class of 1908. He retired as a U.S. Navy Captain.

Awards Received

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Captain

    Action Date:

    May 1944 – July 1945

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 344 (November 1945)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Captain Nelson Winslow Pickering, 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 Assistant to and later Head of the Logistical Plans Section staff of ComNavEu from May 1944 to July 1945.