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href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a>, who served as the <a href="/wiki/Executive_officer" title="Executive officer">Executive officer</a> of <a href="/wiki/USS_Arizona" title="USS Arizona">USS <i>Arizona</i></a> in <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> and as <a href="/wiki/Commander_Battleships,_Battle_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander Battleships, Battle Force">Commander Battleships, Battle Force</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Pacific_Fleet" title="United States Pacific Fleet">Pacific Fleet</a>, and of the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_Sea_Frontier" class="mw-redirect" title="Gulf Sea Frontier">Gulf Sea Frontier</a>, during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walter_Stratton_Anderson&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Anderson, the son of William E. P. Anderson and Nellie Douglas Hamilton, was born on October 4, 1881, in <a href="/wiki/Carlinville,_Illinois" title="Carlinville, Illinois">Carlinville, Illinois</a>. He graduated from the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Academy" title="United States Naval Academy">United States Naval Academy</a> "with distinction" in 1903. As part of his required sea service as a <a href="/wiki/Midshipman" title="Midshipman">midshipman</a>, he served on board <a href="/wiki/USS_Brooklyn_(ACR-3)" title="USS Brooklyn (ACR-3)">USS <i>Brooklyn</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Flagship" title="Flagship">flagship</a> of the <a href="/wiki/European_Squadron" title="European Squadron">European Squadron</a>. On February 3, 1905, he was commissioned <a href="/wiki/Ensign_(rank)" title="Ensign (rank)">ensign</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Naval_Historical_Center_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Naval_Historical_Center-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_career">Early career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walter_Stratton_Anderson&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In June 1905, Anderson was ordered to <a href="/wiki/USS_Galveston_(CL-19)" title="USS Galveston (CL-19)">USS <i>Galveston</i></a>. On board <i>Galveston</i> Anderson sailed to <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> as part of the squadron under the command of Rear Admiral <a href="/wiki/Charles_Dwight_Sigsbee" title="Charles Dwight Sigsbee">Charles Dwight Sigsbee</a>, USN, to retrieve the body of <a href="/wiki/John_Paul_Jones" title="John Paul Jones">John Paul Jones</a> for interment in the <a href="/wiki/Crypt" title="Crypt">crypt</a> under the <a href="/wiki/Naval_Academy_Chapel" title="Naval Academy Chapel">Naval Academy Chapel</a>. On that occasion, Anderson commanded <i>Galveston</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s company in the battalion sent to <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a> from the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> ships.<sup id="cite_ref-Naval_Historical_Center_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Naval_Historical_Center-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From December 1905 until May 1907, Anderson enrolled in postgraduate instruction in ordnance at the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Navy_Yard" title="Washington Navy Yard">Washington Navy Yard</a>, and at the plants of various private industries. Following his completion of the program, he was ordered to <a href="/wiki/Asiatic_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Asiatic Station">Asiatic Station</a> as an aide and flag secretary to Rear Admiral Joseph N. Hemphill, USN, Commander, Third Squadron, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Pacific_Fleet" title="United States Pacific Fleet">Pacific Fleet</a>. From August to November 1908 he served as aide on the staff of Rear Admiral B. Harbor, USN. He joined <a href="/wiki/USS_Nebraska_(BB-14)" title="USS Nebraska (BB-14)">USS <i>Nebraska</i></a> at <a href="/wiki/Manila" title="Manila">Manila</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippine Islands</a> in November 1908, and made the remainder of the cruise around the world with the <a href="/wiki/Great_White_Fleet" title="Great White Fleet">Great White Fleet</a>. In November 1909, he was ordered to the <a href="/wiki/Naval_Torpedo_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval Torpedo Station">Naval Torpedo Station</a>, <a href="/wiki/Newport,_Rhode_Island" title="Newport, Rhode Island">Newport, Rhode Island</a>, to work with torpedoes, mines, explosives, and organize the planning and stock records departments for a period of two years.<sup id="cite_ref-Naval_Historical_Center_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Naval_Historical_Center-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 1911, Anderson (then in the grade of lieutenant) assumed command of <a href="/wiki/USS_Yankton" title="USS Yankton">USS <i>Yankton</i></a>, the Commander in Chief's <a href="/wiki/Dispatch_boat" title="Dispatch boat">dispatch boat</a> and small relief flagship. From April 1912 to January 1913, he served as aide and <a href="/wiki/Flag_lieutenant" class="mw-redirect" title="Flag lieutenant">flag lieutenant</a> on the staff of Rear Admiral Hugh Osterhaus, USN, Commander in Chief, <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Fleet_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlantic Fleet (United States)">Atlantic Fleet</a>. He then served on board <a href="/wiki/USS_Utah_(BB-31)" title="USS Utah (BB-31)">USS <i>Utah</i></a> from December 1912 to June 1913. Following that assignment, Anderson served in <a href="/wiki/USS_Des_Moines_(CL-17)" title="USS Des Moines (CL-17)">USS <i>Des Moines</i></a> from June 1913 to December 1914, seeing action in <a href="/wiki/Santo_Domingo" title="Santo Domingo">Santo Domingo</a> and also at the <a href="/wiki/United_States_occupation_of_Veracruz" class="mw-redirect" title="United States occupation of Veracruz">occupation of Vera Cruz</a>. Anderson then returned to New York to serve as Ordnance Superintendent in the Navy Yard. His responsibilities included supervision of ordnance work on all classes of ships, including the installation on <a href="/wiki/Battleship" title="Battleship">battleships</a> of the earliest <a href="/wiki/Fire-control_system" title="Fire-control system">director fire systems</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Naval_Historical_Center_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Naval_Historical_Center-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_I">World War I</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walter_Stratton_Anderson&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: World War I"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In May 1916, Anderson's orders were in connection with fitting out <a href="/wiki/USS_Arizona" title="USS Arizona">USS <i>Arizona</i></a>. He served on board <i>Arizona</i> from her commissioning in October 1916 until November 1919, first as <a href="/wiki/Gun" title="Gun">Gunnery Officer</a>, later as executive officer. While serving in <i>Arizona</i>, he cruised out to sea from <a href="/wiki/Portland,_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Portland, England">Portland, England</a>, in November 1918 to meet <a href="/wiki/SS_George_Washington" title="SS George Washington">USS <i>George Washington</i></a>, then carrying President <a href="/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson" title="Woodrow Wilson">Woodrow Wilson</a>, and escorted that transport to <a href="/wiki/Brest,_France" title="Brest, France">Brest, France</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Naval_Historical_Center_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Naval_Historical_Center-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Inter-war_period">Inter-war period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walter_Stratton_Anderson&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Inter-war period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Arizona</i> toured European waters in the spring of 1919, visiting <a href="/wiki/Smyrna" title="Smyrna">Smyrna</a>, <a href="/wiki/Asia_Minor" class="mw-redirect" title="Asia Minor">Asia Minor</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Constantinople" title="Constantinople">Constantinople</a> (the first visit of the United States battleship to that city). On that cruise, Anderson was present when the <a href="/wiki/Occupation_of_%C4%B0zmir" class="mw-redirect" title="Occupation of İzmir">Greeks took Smyrna</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Naval_Historical_Center_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Naval_Historical_Center-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Anderson served as Officer in Charge of the Navy Recruiting Bureau, <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York, New York</a>, from November 1919 until November 1920. The function of this large printing establishment, moving picture, and photographic exchange was to publicize the Navy and inspire large numbers of needed <a href="/wiki/Enlistment" class="mw-redirect" title="Enlistment">enlistments</a> following <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>'s demobilization. Following that term of duty, Anderson enrolled in the senior course at the <a href="/wiki/Naval_War_College" title="Naval War College">Naval War College</a> in Newport, Rhode Island.<sup id="cite_ref-Naval_Historical_Center_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Naval_Historical_Center-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1922 until 1924, Anderson held command of <a href="/wiki/USS_Sinclair" title="USS Sinclair">USS <i>Sinclair</i></a> and later <a href="/wiki/USS_Kidder" title="USS Kidder">USS <i>Kidder</i></a>, with duty also as Commander, Divisions 30 and 34, Destroyer Squadrons, Pacific Fleet. From July 1924 until July 1927, Anderson acted as head of the Department of Ordnance and Gunnery at the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Academy" title="United States Naval Academy">Naval Academy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Annapolis,_Maryland" title="Annapolis, Maryland">Annapolis, Maryland</a>. Additionally, he organized the first of all Naval Reserve Officer's Training Corps Units at <a href="/wiki/St._John%27s_College,_Annapolis" class="mw-redirect" title="St. John's College, Annapolis">St. John's College, Annapolis</a>, Maryland.<sup id="cite_ref-Naval_Historical_Center_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Naval_Historical_Center-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Anderson served as assistant chief of staff and operations officer to Admiral H. A. Wiley, USN, Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet, from August 1927 until May 1929 after a short assignment on board <a href="/wiki/USS_Texas_(BB-35)" title="USS Texas (BB-35)">USS <i>Texas</i></a>. On May 31, 1929, Anderson assumed the position of Supervisor of <a href="/wiki/New_York_Harbor" title="New York Harbor">New York Harbor</a> until May 23, 1930. He then served as Officer in Charge of the <a href="/wiki/Hingham_Naval_Ammunition_Depot" title="Hingham Naval Ammunition Depot">Naval Ammunition Depot</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hingham,_Massachusetts" title="Hingham, Massachusetts">Hingham, Massachusetts</a>, from May 1930 until January 1932.<sup id="cite_ref-Naval_Historical_Center_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Naval_Historical_Center-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Anderson commanded <a href="/wiki/USS_West_Virginia_(BB-48)" title="USS West Virginia (BB-48)">USS <i>West Virginia</i></a> from January 1932 until April 1933. <i>West Virginia</i> won the <a href="/wiki/Battle_Effectiveness_Award" title="Battle Effectiveness Award">battle efficiency pennant</a> for the entirety of his command, a record that stands unique for a battleship and for a captain.<sup id="cite_ref-Naval_Historical_Center_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Naval_Historical_Center-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Anderson served as <a href="/wiki/Naval_Attach%C3%A9" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval Attaché">Naval Attaché</a> at the American Embassy, <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>, from March 1934 until February 1937. During the term of that duty he was promoted to <a href="/wiki/Rear_admiral_(United_States)" title="Rear admiral (United States)">rear admiral</a> in July 1936. His assignment in London saw the 25th Anniversary Jubilee of <a href="/wiki/George_V_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="George V of the United Kingdom">George V</a>, the death of George V, the <a href="/wiki/Abdication" title="Abdication">abdication</a> of <a href="/wiki/Edward_VIII_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward VIII of the United Kingdom">Edward VIII</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/London_Naval_Conference_1935" class="mw-redirect" title="London Naval Conference 1935">London Naval Conference 1935</a>. Anderson attended the conference as a member of the American Delegation. Upon his return to the United States, he assumed command of (heavy) Cruiser Division 4, Scouting Force, with <a href="/wiki/USS_Northampton_(CA-26)" title="USS Northampton (CA-26)">USS <i>Northampton</i></a> as his flagship. In that command, Anderson became the first flag officer of the U.S. Navy to visit <a href="/wiki/Bogota" class="mw-redirect" title="Bogota">Bogota</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colombia" title="Colombia">Colombia</a>. He received the thanks of the Colombian government for services rendered upon that occasion.<sup id="cite_ref-Naval_Historical_Center_1-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Naval_Historical_Center-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II">World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walter_Stratton_Anderson&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NH_43095_Rear_Admiral_Walter_S._Anderson,_USN,_greeted_by_Captain_H.H.J._Benson,_USN,_July_1944.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/NH_43095_Rear_Admiral_Walter_S._Anderson%2C_USN%2C_greeted_by_Captain_H.H.J._Benson%2C_USN%2C_July_1944.jpg/220px-NH_43095_Rear_Admiral_Walter_S._Anderson%2C_USN%2C_greeted_by_Captain_H.H.J._Benson%2C_USN%2C_July_1944.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/NH_43095_Rear_Admiral_Walter_S._Anderson%2C_USN%2C_greeted_by_Captain_H.H.J._Benson%2C_USN%2C_July_1944.jpg/330px-NH_43095_Rear_Admiral_Walter_S._Anderson%2C_USN%2C_greeted_by_Captain_H.H.J._Benson%2C_USN%2C_July_1944.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/NH_43095_Rear_Admiral_Walter_S._Anderson%2C_USN%2C_greeted_by_Captain_H.H.J._Benson%2C_USN%2C_July_1944.jpg/440px-NH_43095_Rear_Admiral_Walter_S._Anderson%2C_USN%2C_greeted_by_Captain_H.H.J._Benson%2C_USN%2C_July_1944.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="1022" /></a><figcaption>Anderson (right) is greeted by chief of staff of Gulf Sea Frontier, Captain <a href="/wiki/Howard_H._J._Benson" title="Howard H. J. Benson">Howard H. J. Benson</a> in July 1944.</figcaption></figure> <p>From June 1939 until December 1940, Anderson acted as Director of the <a href="/wiki/Office_of_Naval_Intelligence" title="Office of Naval Intelligence">Office of Naval Intelligence</a>, Navy Department, <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> While in that detail he greatly enlarged the Naval Intelligence Service in preparation for war. He also reported personally and daily to President <a href="/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt" title="Franklin D. Roosevelt">Franklin D. Roosevelt</a> for a considerable period and served, by the President's order, as a member of a special intelligence committee along with the Director of Military Intelligence and the Director of the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation" title="Federal Bureau of Investigation">Federal Bureau of Investigation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Naval_Historical_Center_1-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Naval_Historical_Center-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 1941, Anderson assumed command of Battleships, Battle Force, and also performed additional duty as Commander, Battleship Division 4. In April 1941 the designation of that command was changed to Battleships, Pacific Fleet (<a href="/wiki/ComBatPac" title="ComBatPac">ComBatPac</a>), and additional duty as Commander, Battleship Division 4. Flying his flag on board <a href="/wiki/USS_Maryland_(BB-46)" title="USS Maryland (BB-46)">USS <i>Maryland</i></a>, he was present at <a href="/wiki/Pearl_Harbor" title="Pearl Harbor">Pearl Harbor</a> when <a href="/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor" title="Attack on Pearl Harbor">the Japanese attacked</a> on December 7, 1941.<sup id="cite_ref-Naval_Historical_Center_1-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Naval_Historical_Center-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On September 28, 1942, Anderson reported for duty as President of the <a href="/wiki/Board_of_Inspection_and_Survey" title="Board of Inspection and Survey">Board of Inspection and Survey</a>, Navy Department, Washington, D.C., a position that was responsible for the preliminary trial, inspection, and acceptance of all <a href="/wiki/Marine_vessel" class="mw-redirect" title="Marine vessel">vessels</a> and <a href="/wiki/Aircraft" title="Aircraft">aircraft</a> for use by the Navy.<sup id="cite_ref-Naval_Historical_Center_1-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Naval_Historical_Center-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On July 17, 1944, Anderson assumed duty as Commander, <a href="/wiki/Gulf_Sea_Frontier" class="mw-redirect" title="Gulf Sea Frontier">Gulf Sea Frontier</a>, and Commandant, <a href="/wiki/Seventh_Naval_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Seventh Naval District">Seventh Naval District</a>, with headquarters in <a href="/wiki/Miami,_Florida" class="mw-redirect" title="Miami, Florida">Miami, Florida</a>. In that capacity, Anderson collaborated with the Cuban and Mexican Navies, and with the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Bahamas" class="mw-redirect" title="Bahamas">Bahamas</a> for cooperative operations in the waters of the Gulf Sea Frontier. The responsibilities of that command included the supervision and general direction, in its operational capacity, of the United States Naval Mission to <a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba">Cuba</a>, and of such vessels of the Cuban Navy as were placed under his general operational direction. On April 3, 1945, Anderson was appointed to the rank of vice admiral. On October 24, 1945, Anderson was relieved as Commander Gulf Sea Frontier and Commandant, Seventh Naval District. He retired on March 1, 1946.<sup id="cite_ref-Naval_Historical_Center_1-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Naval_Historical_Center-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For his service in the <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, Anderson was awarded with the <a href="/wiki/Legion_of_Merit" title="Legion of Merit">Legion of Merit</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Death">Death</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walter_Stratton_Anderson&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Vice Admiral Anderson died on October 24, 1981, at one hundred years old. At that time he was the oldest living graduate of the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Naval_Academy" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Naval Academy">U.S. Naval Academy</a>. Anderson's wife of fifty-six years died on June 15, 1966. His son, Walter Stratton Anderson Jr., died in 1977. Survivors included his two grandchildren Virginia Randolph Anderson and Thomas Stratton Anderson.<sup id="cite_ref-Naval_Historical_Center_1-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Naval_Historical_Center-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Walter Anderson and his wife are buried at <a href="/wiki/Arlington_National_Cemetery" title="Arlington National Cemetery">Arlington National Cemetery</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Decorations">Decorations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walter_Stratton_Anderson&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Decorations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Here is the ribbon bar of Vice admiral Walter S. Anderson:<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="4"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Legion_of_Merit_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Legion_of_Merit_ribbon.svg/106px-Legion_of_Merit_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="106" height="29" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Legion_of_Merit_ribbon.svg/159px-Legion_of_Merit_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Legion_of_Merit_ribbon.svg/212px-Legion_of_Merit_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="279" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Navy_and_Marine_Corps_Medal_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" 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