The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Legion of Merit to Commander Floyd B. Schultz, United States Navy, for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Assistant Materiel Officer on the staff of Commander Destroyers, Pacific Fleet, in the South Pacific from December 1942 to September 1943. Commander Schultz planned and supervised the salvage of numerous ships despite extremely hazardous conditions.