The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting a Second Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Third Award of the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Major General Leven Cooper Allen (ASN: 0-4760), United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility from September 1950 to June 1951.