The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Legion of Merit to Lieutenant Commander Edward F. Jackson, United States Navy, for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Commanding Officer of a United States Navy Destroyer in the Solomon Islands area during World War II. Lieutenant Commander Jackson contacted a Japanese submarine, surfaced, and proceeded on a parallel course. Illuminating the craft with starshells and tracers, his ship fired several salvos in rapid succession which capsized the submarine and sent her under within three minutes.