Category talk:Recipients of the Legion of Merit

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I notice that you seem to have issues with "incorrectly added names", and I can understand why. I don't think that "boilerplate" is quite necessary, you've got it almost fixed by adding "articles on" recipients, but I'd add "Selected" to the title of the page, just before "Recipients" just to make it more clear that this list isn't in fact a complete list.

Which brings me to the question.. is authoring a bio page all that is required to put a recipient's name on the list? I couldn't find a good explanation for the criteria at either of the two topics listed at the top of the page.

I would like to know how I can get my name added to the list. I was awarded the Legion of Merit when I retired from the Army. James K. McGann. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Akgeronimo501 (talk • contribs) 23:51, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
 * This isn't a list, rather a category. It contains articles on people who received the Legion of Merit, but not names of people who don't have an article written on them. DGtal (talk) 13:37, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

Suggesting creating subcategories for foreigns by nationality or award degree
The legion is given both to US soldiers and to foreign soldiers, the highest US military decoration given to foreigners. The award has one class for Americans and four (Chief Commander, Commander, Officer, and Legionnaire) for foreigners. I suggest we create subcategories for foreigners, both to make this large cat. more managable and to differenciate between the distinct groups. One option is creating "Category:British recipients of the Legion of Merit" etc. the other is creating "Category:Chief Commanders of the Legion of Merit" etc. Notes please. DGtal (talk) 07:32, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

Can we add a name to the list?
LTC(r) Chris Mullane

Kiwi veteran’s U.S. honor is complete Office of Public Affairs, U.S. Embassy, Wellington

14 June 2012 Retired Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Mullane (ONZM, MBE) of the New Zealand Army will finally receive his official U.S. medal and documentation thirty three years after it was first recommended.

At a ceremony on Monday, June 18 at Devonport’s Returned and Services Association, LTC Mullane will receive the Legion of Merit from visiting U.S. Army Major General Roger F. Mathews, Deputy Commanding General, U.S. Army Pacific. Also attending the ceremony will be U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand, David Huebner and New Zealand dignitaries such as retired Air Vice Marshal Robin Klitscher (representing the RSA), NZDF Army Brigadier Mark Wheeler, Opposition Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs & Trade (and former Defence Minister), Phil Goff MP, Dr Cam Calder MP, Maggie Barry MP and others.

Mullane received the award and supporting documentation in 1979 after serving as an exchange officer at the U.S. Army Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia. During his exchange he was appointed as Chief of the Leadership Branch, Command and Tactics Department at the School. The award was granted for ‘exceptional abilities and dedication to duty in each of his assignments.’

But due to an administrative oversight, the award documentation was never officially approved before LTC Mullane returned to New Zealand. The U.S. Embassy in Wellington, the Returned and Services Association, and high profile supporters such as U.S. Senator John McCain, have all been working to get the oversight rectified since it was discovered in 2010.

The award certificate has now been signed by the U.S. Secretary of Defence Leon Panetta. The Legion of Merit is the sixth highest award in the order of precedence of U.S. military decorations. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.234.140.188 (talk) 02:02, 21 June 2012 (UTC)