(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Captain (MC) Archibald M. Ecklund, United States Navy, was awarded the Legion of Merit with Combat “V” for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as a Medical Officer serving aboard U.S.S. REPOSE (AH-16), from 2 November 1951 to 10 October 1952. (Captain Ecklund is authorized to wear the Combat “V”.)