(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant [then Lieutenant, Junior Grade] William W. Seale, Jr., 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 as Officer-in-Charge of the U.S.S. LCT 216 in the Anzio-Nettuno area, Italy, in January and February 1944.