(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Brigadier General Richard Grams Rumney, United States Air Force, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Chief of Staff, Space and Missile Systems Organization, from 1972 to 1974. The singularly distinctive accomplishments of General Rumney and his dedicated contributions in the service of his country reflect the highest credit upon himself and the United States Air Force.