(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Commander Jessie B. Gay, Jr., United States Navy, was awarded the Legion of Merit with Combat “V” for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Commanding Officer of U.S.S. STICKELL (DD-886), in Korea, on 14 June 1951. (Commander Gay is authorized to wear the Combat “V”.)