Award presentations

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 (right) places a star on General Harry H. Vaughan's shoulder.

Actress Ilona Massey (third from left) is presenting the trophy to the winning jockey at an unidentified racetrack. Others are unidentified.

Ilona Massey speaks at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Major General and Mrs. Donald S. Dawson were presented the Freedom Award of the Hungarian Freedom Fighters Federation by Dr. Andras Pogany, National President, USA, on left, and Mr. Istvan Gereben, National Vice-President of the Federation, at the Federation's Freedom Award Dinner held in the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

General Frank N. Roberts, Military Attache to the United States Embassy, Ankara, is awarded the CBE (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) by Sir Archibald Kelly, Ambassador of Great Britain at the British Embassy in Ankara, Turkey. Others in the background are unidentified.

General Frank N. Roberts, Military Attache to the United States Embassy, Ankara, (left) stands facing Sir Archibald Kelly, Ambassador from Great Britain prior to Roberts being awarded the CBE (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) at the British Embassy in Ankara, Turkey. All others are unidentified.

General Frank N. Roberts (left) presents a Distinguished Service Medal to General Walter E. Todd (right) while Counsellor George Kennan (center) looks on.

Captain Houston L. (Johnny) Maples receives the Legion of Merit from Brigadier General Frank N. Roberts as American Embassy, Moscow witnesses, Captain Ronald Allen, United States Navy and John Davies look on.

General George V. Strong pins the Navy Cross on Captain Frank N. Roberts at Ft. Warren, Cheyenne, Wyoming for his bravery in the Panay Incident in the Philippines.