(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Brigadier General Ralph Lowell Wassell, 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 the Aircraft Reactor Branch, Division of Reactor Development, Atomic Energy Commission, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.; and subsequently with the Air Research and Development Command, Washington, D.C., from 1951 to 1954. General Wassell was conspicuous for his work on the aircraft nuclear propulsion program. The singularly distinctive accomplishments of General Wassell and his dedicated contributions in the service of his country reflect the highest credit upon himself and the United States Air Force.