(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Captain Roy Livingston Raney, United States Coast Guard, was awarded the Legion of Merit with Combat “V” for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Commander of the U.S.C.G.C. BIBB, and as Atlantic Fleet Escort Commander, from 1942 to 1944. [Captain Raney is authorized to wear the Combat “V”.]