The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Legion of Merit to Captain Henry S. Jackson, United States Navy, for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States while serving in the Pacific Division, Operations Directorate, Joint Staff of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from December 1962 to January 1965. During this period, Captain Jackson developed a succession of major contributions in the urgent and complex analyses, plans, and recommendations required by the Joint Chiefs of Staff in their considerations of operational and politico-military problems in South Asia.
Sponsored by:
Henry
S.
Jackson
Home:
Melrose
,
Massachusetts
Awards Received
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Legion of Merit
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Distinguished Flying Cross
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Legion of Merit
All Hands (August 1965) -
Distinguished Flying Cross
Service:
United States NavyRank:
Lieutenant CommanderAction Date:
September 12, 1943 – January 25, 1944
Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 339 (June 1945)(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Commander Henry S. Jackson, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Pilot and Commanding Officer of a Torpedo Bombing Squadron in the Solomon Islands area from 12 September 1943 to 12 November 1943, and from 15 December 1943 to 25 January 1944.