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 Commander to Lieutenant General Cristobal Guzman Cardenas, Mexican Army, for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States, from March 1953 to July 1957.