(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Commander Edward T. Farley, 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 Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. SCHLEY (DD-103), in action against the Japanese in the Southwest Pacific and Philippine Islands waters, from 8 April 1944 to 25 February 1945.