(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Rear Admiral John Franklin Shafroth, Jr., United States Navy, was awarded a Second Gold Star 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 Commander THIRD FLEET task Unit at Kamishi, 11 July and 9 August 1945, and Hamamatsu 29 – 30 August 1945.