Awards

Presentation and reading of citation on behalf of Harold L. Ickes, Petroleum Administrator for War. From left to right in foreground: W. Alton Jones, President WEP; Ralph K. Davies, Deputy Petroleum Administrator for War (behind Jones); B.I. Graves, Director, WEP; George A. Hill, Jr., Executive Vice President, Defense Supply Corp.; Burt E. Hull, WEP, Vice President; and J.R. Parten, Director Transportation Division Petroleum Administration for War (partially obscured behind Hull). All others unidentified.

Presentation and reading of citation on behalf of Harold L. Ickes, Petroleum Administrator for War. From left to right in foreground: W. Alton Jones, President WEP; B.I. Graves, Director, WEP; Ralph K. Davies, Deputy Petroleum Administrator for War; Burt E. Hull, WEP, Vice President; J.R. Parten, Director Transportation Division Petroleum Administration for War. All others unidentified.

Citation from Harold L. Ickes, Petroleum Administrator for War, presented to the Great Organization of Americans who made the pipeline a reality. Presentation was February 19, 1943 at Norris City, Illinois. From the Scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views, Eastern Extension of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline Volume II.

President Harry S. Truman (left) presents a Medal of Merit to Secretary of Defense James Forrestal (right) in the Oval Office. Standing in the background are Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug (third from the left) and Admiral William D. Leahy (fourth from the left, between Truman and Forrestal). Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman in the oval office with four men who received the Medal of Merit. L to R: W. John Kenney, Undersecretary of the Navy; W. Stuart Symington, Secretary of the Air Force; President Truman; James Forrestal, Secretary of Defense; and John L. Sullivan, Secretary of the Navy. Standing in the back on the left is Admiral William D. Leahy. Standing in the back on the right is Eben Ayers. Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (left) presents General Dwight D. Eisenhower (right) with the third Oak Leaf Cluster to the Distinguished Service Medal in a ceremony at the Pentagon.

President Harry S. Truman (left) presents General Dwight Eisenhower (right) with the third Oak Leaf Cluster to the Distinguished Service Medal in a ceremony at the Pentagon.

Ceremony at the White House at which President Harry S. Truman (center) presented Collier's Congressional Awards to Sen. Robert M. La Follette, Jr. (left) and Rep. Jesse P. Wolcott (right). Others are unidentified.

Collier's Congressional Award presentation ceremony at the White House: (from left to right) Senator Robert M. La Follette, Jr.; President Harry S. Truman; Rep. Jesse P. Wolcott. Others in background are unidentified.

Ceremony at the White House at which President Harry S. Truman (standing on step, center) presented the Collier's Congressional Awards to Senator Robert La Follette, Jr. (on step, left) and Rep. Jesse Wolcott (on step, right). Others are unidentified.