(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Captain Dashiell L. Madeira, 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 during World War II.

The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting a Gold Star in lieu of a Second Award of the Legion of Merit to Captain Dashiell L. Madeira, United States Navy, for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as commander of the Destroyer-Destroyer Escort Shadow Group, Fleet Operational Training Command, Atlantic Fleet, from November 1943 until September 1944. Captain Madeira handled his assignment with such skill that every vessel trained under his command reported for operational duty as a finished product, completely qualified to perform its combat mission.