Major General Ormond R. Simpson, Commanding General of the 1st Marine Division presents the Legion of Merit to Colonel Edward A. Wilcox. The ceremony took place on October 7, 1969, attended by Assistant Secretary of the Navy John Warner, Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, and Dr Norman Vincent Peale.

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