The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Legion of Merit to Major General Frank A. Keating (ASN: 0-5360), United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States from May 1946 to September 1947.