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[CITE: 10USC1121]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
                   CHAPTER 57--DECORATIONS AND AWARDS
 
Sec. 1121. Legion of Merit: award

    The President, under regulations to be prescribed by him, may award 
a decoration called the ``Legion of Merit'', having suitable 
appurtenances and devices and not more than four degrees, to any member 
of the armed forces of the United States or of any friendly foreign 
nation who, after September 8, 1939, has distinguished himself by 
exceptionally meritorious conduct in performing outstanding services.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 88.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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1121..................................  10:1408b(1).                         Ju
ly 20, 1942, ch. 508, Sec.  2(1),
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6 Stat. 662.
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    The words ``Government of the Philippines'' are omitted as covered 
by the words ``any friendly foreign nation''. The words ``There is 
created'', ``rules and'', and ``the proclamation of an emergency by the 
President on'' are omitted as surplusage.
