The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, 20 July 1942, takes pleasure in presenting the Legion of Merit to Colonel [then Lieutenant Colonel] Jeremiah J. O’Connor, United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States in the Judge Advocate General’s Department from March 1946 to March 1947. (This award supersedes the awards to Colonel O’Connor, of the Legion of Merit for service from 17 September 1945 to 2 March 1946, and the Bronze Star Medal (first Oak Leaf Cluster), for service from 17 September 1945 to 2 March 1946, as published in General Orders 99, Headquarters United States Forces, China Theater, 30 April 1946, and General Orders 93, Headquarters, United States Forces, China Theater, 26 April 1946, respectively.)