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President Harry S. Truman at Wake Island

2013-336 (untitled)
Accession Number
2013-336
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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Related Collection
Anderson, E. Vernice Papers
Keywords
Armed forces officers
Cabinet officers
Generals
Korean War, 1950-1953
Presidential advisors
Presidential press secretaries
Presidential trips
Presidents
White House staff
HST Keywords
Truman - Awards - Giving - Distinguished Service Medal; Truman - Trips - Wake Island - 1950
People Pictured
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Bell, David E. (David Elliot), 1919-2000
Bradley, Omar Nelson, 1893-1981
Graham, Wallace Harry, 1910-1996
Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986
Landry, Robert B. (Robert Broussard), 1909-2000
MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964
Murphy, Charles S. (Charles Springs), 1909-1983
Pace, Frank, 1912-1988
Radford, Arthur William, 1896-1973
Ross, Charles G. (Charles Griffith), 1885-1950
Vaughan, Harry H., 1893-1981
Rusk, Dean, 1909-1994
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Description
President Harry S. Truman delivering a speech and presenting a Distinguished Service Medal to General Douglas MacArthur. In the foreground, from left to right, facing the camera: Press Secretary Charles Ross, Special Assistant to the President Averell Harriman, General Robert Landry, Admiral Arthur Radford (partly obscured by Truman), President Truman, Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Omar Bradley, General Harry Vaughan, Charles Murphy, David Bell, General Wallace, Graham, and Assistant Secretary of State Dean Rusk. General MacArthur is facing Truman, his back to the camera, with the top of his hat between Mr. Ross and Mr. Harriman. All others are unidentified.
Date(s)
October 15, 1950