Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

President Harry S. Truman (left) shakes hands and congratulates former United States Army Corporal Charles Farber of Altoona, Pennsylvania. Farber, pictured with his fiancée, Helen Baker, also of Altoona, Pennsylvania, is the once unknown Corporal "X" who saved the life of Medal of Honor winner Captain Raymond Harvey after Harvey had been critically wounded on the Korean battlefront.

President Harry S. Truman, right, presents the Congressional Medal of Honor to Marine Staff Sergeant Archie Van Winkle, 26, of Everett, Washington. Sergeant Van Winkle, a platoon Sergeant of Company B, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division, though twice wounded in the same action, led his trapped platoon in a successful charge against a larger enemy force in Korea. Action took place near Sudong, Korea in November, 1950.

President Harry S. Truman stands in the Oval Office at the White House after presenting three Korean War veterans with the Congressional Medal of Honor. From left to right: General Harry Vaughan; unidentified Army officer; Korean War Medal of Honor recipient Sergeant John A. Pittman, President Truman, Secretary of Defense George Marshall, and unidentified Army officer. Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman stands with Korean War veterans after presenting each of them the Congressional Medal of Honor in the Oval Office at the White House. From left to right: Senator Earle Clements of Kentucky (partly obscured); Senator Hugh Butler of Nebraska; Governor Lawrence Wetherby of Kentucky; First Lieutenant Carl Dodd, Kenvir, Kentucky; President Truman; Sergeant John A. Pittman, Carrolton, Mississippi; Master Sergeant Ernest R. Kouma, Dwight, Nebraska; and Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall. Others in the background are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman, center, is shown awarding the Congressional Medal of Honor to one of the 28 recipients (left) who received the award in the East Room of the White House in front of family and dignitaries. The man standing behind the desk is Major General Harry Vaughan. The dignitaries seated in the front row on the right are (from right to left): Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal; Secretary of War Henry Stimson; unidentified man; General George C. Marshall; Fleet Admiral William Leahy; and General Henry "Hap" Arnold. A group of photographers are visible behind the President.

President Harry S. Truman shakes hands with and greets recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor. From left to right: Mike Colalillo; Robert H. Dunlap; Richard M. McCool; President Truman; Vernon McGarity; Frank Burke; Vito R. Bertoldo. The original photo has been retouched.

Former President Harry S. Truman (left) shakes hands with Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (right) during a visit to the Harry S. Truman. Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (third from left) delivers a speech from the back of a train near Denver, Colorado. Second from the left is Denver, Colorado Chief of Police John F. O'Donnell. All others are unidentified. From: James O'Donnell.

President Harry S. Truman (left) waves his hat and Vice President Alben Barkley (right) salutes as they walk outside the White House on Inauguration Day. Others in the background are unidentified. This photo came from an album of photos given to members of Battery D, 129th Field Artillery that attended the Inauguration of President Harry S. Truman.

Members of President Harry S. Truman's World War I unit, Battery D, 129th Field Artillery, march alongside his vehicle in the 1949 Inaugural Parade. President Truman is seated in the back of the car, facing toward the camera and waving. All others are unidentified. This photo came from an album of photos given to members of Battery D, 129th Field Artillery that attended the Inauguration of President Harry S. Truman.