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President Harry S. Truman Awards Congressional Medal of Honor

68-1897 (untitled)
Accession Number
68-1897
8 x 8.5 inches
Black & White
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Keywords
Award presentations
Medal of Honor
Presidents
Soldiers
Korean War, 1950-1953
HST Keywords
Truman - Awards - Giving - Congressional Medal of Honor - Lee, Hubert L.; Truman - Awards - Giving - Congressional Medal of Honor - Rodrigiez, Joseph C.
People Pictured
Lee, Hubert Louis, 1915-1982
Rodriguez, Joseph C.
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
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Associated Press

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Description

President Harry S. Truman (center) congratulates Master Sergeant Hubert L. Lee (left) of Leland, Mississippi, and Sergeant First Class Joseph C. Rodriguez (right) of San Bernardino, California, after presenting Medals of Honor to them for valor on Korean battlefields. Donor: New York Herald Tribune

Date(s)
January 29, 1952