(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Captain Albert Ernst Schrader, 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 Acting Commander, U.S. Ports and Bases, Germany, October 1944 to March 1945, and later, Chief of Staff, Commander U.S. Naval Ports and Bases, Germany, from March to October 1945.