(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Captain Gordon A. McLean, United States Navy, was awarded a Gold Star in lieu of a Second Award of the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Commander of a Seaplane Base Group of the Joint Expeditionary Force, in operations on Iwo Jima from 27 February 1945 to 6 May 1945, and on Okinawa from 28 March 1945 to 24 June 1945.