(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Vice Admiral Bernard Franklin Roeder, United States Navy, was awarded a Gold Star in lieu of a Second Award of the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Commander Amphibious Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, from May 1965 to July 1966, for his work in achieving and maintaining the highest possible state of material and operational readiness, which has brought new strength and flexibility to the amphibious forces engaged in the Vietnamese Theater.