Awards

President Harry S. Truman (left foreground) giving Admiral Chester Nimitz (right foreground) a Gold Star (in lieu of a third Distinguished Service Medal) in the Rose Garden of the White House. Mrs. Catherine Nimitz (between Truman and Nimitz), Margaret Truman (third from right, background), and several unidentified people look on.

President Harry S. Truman (front, standing with veteran) decorating a soldier with the Medal of Honor during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, as other recipients and photographers look on. First Lieutenant Cecil H. Bolton, seated second from left, front row.

President Harry S. Truman decorating a soldier during a Medal of Honor presentation ceremony in the East Room of the White House, as other recipients and guests look on. In the background, standing directly in front of the candelabra, is Press Secretary Charles Ross. Standing in front of the flag, leaning over the table of medals is Major General Harry Vaughan.

President Harry S. Truman (front, standing with veteran) decorating a soldier with the Medal of Honor during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, as other recipients and photographers look on. First Lieutenant Cecil H. Bolton is seated second from left, front row. Major General Harry Vaughan is standing in front of the flag with the remaining medals.

President Harry S. Truman shakes the hand of a Medal of Honor recipient in a wheelchair while other recipients and guests look on. First Lieutenant Cecil H. Bolton is seated second from left, front row.

President Harry S. Truman reading the citation for Secretary of State James F. Byrnes' Distinguished Service Medal. From left to right: General George C. Marshall, General Henry Arnold President Truman, Admiral William D. Leahy, Secretary Byrnes, Mrs. Byrnes, John Snyder, and General Harry Vaughan.

President Harry S. Truman reading the citation for Secretary James F. Byrnes's Distinguished Service Medal. From left to right: General George Marshall; the President; Fleet Admiral William Leahy; the Secretary; Mrs. Maude Byrnes; John Snyder; and General Harry Vaughan (partially obscured).

President Harry S. Truman awarding Secretary of State James F. Byrnes the Distinguished Service Medal in the Rose Garden at the White House. From left to right are: General George Marshall, General Henry Arnold, President Truman, Secretary Byrnes, Mrs. Maude Byrnes, John Snyder, and General Harry Vaughan.

President Harry S. Truman awarding the Distinguished Service Medal to Secretary of State James Byrnes in the Rose Garden at the White House. From left to right: General George C. Marshall; General Henry "Hap" Arnold; the President; Secretary Byrnes; his wife, Maude Byrnes; John Snyder of the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion; and General Harry Vaughan, the President's Military Aide.

President Harry S. Truman (center) reading the citation for General Dwight D. Eisenhower's Distinguished Service Medal, while the General (right) and Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower (left) look on. Others in the crowd are unidentified.