(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Colonel Francis Ellis Merritt, United States Air Force, was awarded a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Director of Athletics, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado, from 1967 to 1976.

(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Colonel Francis Ellis Merritt, United States Air Force, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Commanding Officer, 40th Troop Carrier Squadron, from 1959 to 1961.