The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, 20 July 1942, takes pleasure in presenting the Legion of Merit to Colonel (Field Artillery) Thomas W. Donnell, United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States from February 1963 to June 1965. [This award supersedes award of the Army Commendation Medal (First Oak Leaf Cluster) awarded to Colonel Donnell for meritorious service from 14 February 1963 to June 1965, as announced in General Orders Number 29, Department of the Army, Headquarters, U.S. Army Combat Developments Command, Combined Army Group, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, dated 24 May 1965.]