(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Rear Admiral Burton H. Shupper, 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 from October 1967 to March 1968, as Commander Anti-Submarine Warfare Group FIVE, and Commander Task Group SEVENTY POINT FOUR (CTG-70.4), operating with the SEVENTH Fleet.