(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Commander Andrew G. Nelson, United States Navy, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Operations Advisor with the Naval Advisory Group, U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, from January 1964 through July 1965, for advising the Vietnamese on operational matters and assisting in the introduction of numerous innovations to the Vietnamese that materially aided in the prosecution of the counterinsurgency effort.