The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, 20 July 1942, takes pleasure in presenting the Legion of Merit, in the Degree of Officer to Brigadier General [then Colonel] Joaquin de Ysasi-Ysasmendi, Spanish Army, for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States, from November 1953 to June 1954.