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Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

President Truman Presenting the Congressional Medal of Honor to Hazel O. Turner

At a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, President Harry S. Truman presents the Congressional Medal of Honor awarded to Sergeant First Class Charles W. Turner of Boston, Massachusetts, to Mrs. Hazel O. Turner, the hero's mother. SFC Turner died from wounds received in Korea on September 1, 1950, while directing his reconnaissance platoon's fire against a larger enemy force from an exposed position in a tank turret. Among those present at the ceremony were (rear, left to right) Mildred D. Dean, wife of Major General William F. Dean, and Lavon P.

President Truman with press and Highway Safety Conference members

President Harry S. Truman with the managers of the State Press and Publishers Associations, who are working with the President's Conference on Highway Safety. Front row, left to right: Thomas H. MacDonald, Chairman, Coordinating Committee, President's Highway Safety Conference; President Truman; Major General Philip B. Fleming, General Chairman, President's Highway Safety Conference. The rest of the men are unidentified.

First Meeting of the Hoover Commission

This is the first meeting of the Commission on the Organization of the Executive Branch of Government, also known as the Hoover Commission. Standing, left to right: Representative Clarence J. Brown, James V. Forrestal, Arthur S. Flemming, James K. Pollock, Dean G. Acheson, James H. Rowe, and Representative Carter Manasco. Seated, from left to right: George Mead, former President Herbert Hoover, President Harry S. Truman, Joseph P. Kennedy, and Senator John F. McClellan. Same as 58-337 but less cropped.