Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

The decoration of the Legion of Merit shall be awarded by the President of the United States or at his direction to members of the armed forces of the United States and of the Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.

Context

Executive Order 9260—Legion of Merit

10/28/1942

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