The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Legion of Merit to Lieutenant Commander Frank D. Schwartz, 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 warship during the landing operations at Lae, Saidor, Arawe and Cape Gloucester, and as Commander of a transport division at Hyane Harbor and Hollandia, during World War II. Lieutenant Commander Schwartz exercised sound judgment, initiative and leadership. At Hyane Harbor, his forces were compelled to make numerous trips between the transports and the beach and, although subjected to intense machine-gun fire, effected the landing of all troops and equipment with a minimum of casualties and damage.