(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Commodore Lewis L. Strauss, United States Navy, was awarded a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Legion of Merit (Army Award) for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States coordinating the procurement program from November 1944 to January 1945.

(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Rear Admiral Lewis L. Strauss, United States Navy, was awarded a Gold Star in addition to a previously awarded Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Third Award of the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Special Assistant to Secretary of the Navy, with additional duty as Navy Member of the Executive Committee of the Joint Army-Navy Training in Industrial Mobilization, from 1 August 1944 to 1 November 1944; and from 1 February 1945 to 2 January 1946.

The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Legion of Merit to Captain Lewis L. Strauss, United States Navy, for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as assistant chief of the Office of Procurement and Material for industrial readjustment during World War II. Captain Strauss skillfully supervised formulation of policies on contract termination and disposal of surplus Navy properties. He developed a Navy staff capable of handling the many problems incident to carrying out the termination program.