President Harry S. Truman receives a gold medal and scroll in Mexico City
President Harry S. Truman receives a gold medal and scroll declaring him an honored guest in Mexico City. Present at the ceremony, Mexican President Miguel Aleman.
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President Truman receives a gold medal and a scroll from President Aleman in Mexico City
President Harry S. Truman receives a gold medal and a scroll from President Miguel Aleman declaring him a guest of honor in Mexico City.
Truman and Missouri Writers Guild
President Harry S. Truman and officers of the Missouri Writers Guild. At the bottom of the photo the following is written: "Harry S. Truman President 1945-1953 Receiving a Special Award for his Memoirs from a delegation of the Missouri Writers Guild, Kansas City Chapter. Left to right: Mrs. Franklin L. Mitchell (Grace), President, Professor Clifford H. Nowlin, Professor Robert V. Harman, Mr. Cecil J. Perkins, and Miss Alta Florence Armstrong, Vice President." Original is oversize.
Truman and James Forrestal
President Harry S. Truman congratulating Defense Secretary James Forrestal after awarding him the Medal of Merit. The presentation was made by the President in a ceremony at the White House. Same as 59-1445-2.
Newspaper clipping of former President Truman
Article of the meeting and presentation of the Kansas City Press Photographers Association dinner at the Dixon Chili House for former President Harry S. Truman. Mr. Truman received the "One More Please Club" plaque from A. B. Crank. See photos 58-38-1 through 58-38-4.
Mrs. Betty Ford unveiling public service award for Stuart Symington
First Lady Betty Ford unveils the statuette to present to Senator Stuart Symington (of Missouri) for the Public Service Award from the city of Independence, Missouri. The ceremony is held at the Harry S. Truman Library.
George L. Warren Receives Award From Vatican
George L. Warren, a long time principal adviser on refugees and displaced persons for the Department of State and for many years the United States Representative to ICEM (Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration) is shown on the right after just having received what is believed to be the Vatican's Order of the Golden Spur Award. He is shaking hands with the Vatican's prelate and award representative in Berne, Switzerland.
President Harry S. Truman With Medal of Honor Recipients
In a group medal presentation ceremony held in the White House south grounds garden, President Harry S. Truman awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor to four U.S. Army men and one U.S. Marine. Pictured sharing a handshake after the ceremony are left to right: Sergeant Alejandro R. Ruiz, Barstow, Texas; Technical Sergeant Beauford T. Anderson, Soldiers Grove, Wisconsin; Private First Class Dirk J. Vlug, Grand Rapids, Michigan; President Truman; Technical Sergeant John Meagher, Jersey City, New Jersey; and First Lieutenant John H. Leims, United States Marine Corps, Chicago, Illinois.
President Harry S. Truman Awards the Medal of Honor
President Harry S. Truman presents the Congressional Medal of Honor to Marine Private First Class Luther Skaggs, Jr., of Henderson, Kentucky. This award was presented to this soldier and three others this day at a ceremony on the White House grounds. PFC Skaggs kept fighting for eight hours in the Guam landing, July, 1944, despite serious wounds which later cost him his left leg. Standing next to President Truman is Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal. Others in the background are unidentified.
President Harry S. Truman Awards Congressional Medal of Honor
President Harry S. Truman is shown bestowing the Congressional Medal of Honor on Sergeant Ralph G. Neppel, 21, Glidden, Iowa. Sgt. Neppel is one of 28 soldiers who received this award in the East Room of the White House on this day. Sgt. Neppel lost his legs below the knee in action in Germany, December, 1944.