Medals

President Harry S. Truman (left) pinning an Oak Leaf Cluster (Distinguished Service Medal) on General Dwight D. Eisenhower.

President Harry S. Truman (left) standing next to Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt accepting France's Medaille Militaire, France's highest military medal, posthumously to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The medal was presented by French ambassador Henri Bonnet. The medal was presented at the French Embassy. Source, New York Times, 7-15-1947, p. 25.

President Harry S. Truman (left) and Prince Amir Saud of Saudi Arabia.

President Truman conferring the Order of the Legion of Merit Degree of Commander, on eldest son of King of Ibn Saud, Prince Amir Saud, of Saudi Arabia.

President Harry S. Truman (left) presents posthumous Distinguished Service Award for Major General Edwin M. Watson to Mrs. Watson (center). At right is former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.

President Harry S. Truman (left) is giving Major General Henry "Hap" Arnold (right), commander of the U.S. Army Air Forces, the Distinguished Service Medal.

President Harry S. Truman (left) presenting Major General William J. Donovan, commander of the Office of Strategic Services, with a Distinguished Service Medal Oak Leaf cluster.

President Harry S. Truman (left) shaking hands with A.R. McKee, Local Selective Service Board 1, Jefferson County, Missouri, after the President gave him the Selective Service Medal.

Major General Lewis B. Hershey (right) pins the Selective Service medal on President Harry S. Truman (left).

President Harry S. Truman (left) shaking hands with Major General Lewis B. Hershey (right) after the President gave him the Distinguished Service Medal.