The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, 20 July 1942, takes pride in presenting the Legion of Merit (Posthumously) to Colonel Harrison Herman, United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding service as Commanding Officer, 7th Tank Destroyer Group from 19 to 26 December, 1944. Colonel Herman, when assigned the mission of providing for the close-in defense of the VIII Corps in the Ardennes salient organized a task force of 2,000 men and established road blocks along the Liebramont-Recogne road net which thwarted every German effort at penetration. His sound tactics delayed and channeled the enemy advance to that point where it could most expeditiously be defeated.