The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, 20 July 1942, takes pleasure in presenting a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Legion of Merit, in the Degree of Officer to Brigadier General Marcel Jean Penette, French Army, for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States, from March 1953 to December 1957.