The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting a Gold Star in lieu of a Second Award of the Legion of Merit to Rear Admiral Francis Douglas McCorkle, United States Navy, for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as President, Board of Inspection and Survey, from June 1959 to November 1960. Exercising unusual initiative, leadership, and technical skill, Rear Admiral McCorkle has been eminently successful in carrying out his responsibilities in the highly complex field of trials and inspections of Navy ships and aircraft. Notable examples of his keen foresight and vigorous efforts are: a reorganization of the Board of Inspection and Survey which resulted in increased efficiency, standardization of trials and inspections throughout the Navy, and a more compact, manageable organization,