(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Commander William B. Fargo, 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 Secondary Battery Fire Control Officer, Fire Control Division Officer, Senior Watch Officer, and Air Defense Officer, aboard the U.S.S. WASHINGTON (BB-56), in operations against the Japanese, from October 1942 to June 1945.