Note 12-B — CHAPTER 12 Fall and Winter Operations Dry Weather Fighting—Monsoon and Flood Relief Operations—Changes and Improvements—Action as the Year Ends

For his role as Task Element Commander, ARVN I Corps Aviation Headquarters Commander, and Senior U.S. Aviation Advisor to I Corps, Colonel Merchant was later awarded the Legion of Merit with Combat “V.” He was also decorated with two Vietnamese Crosses of Valor—one for SURE WIND 202 and the other for the relief of Nam Dong.