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President Harry S. Truman With Medal of Honor Recipients and Their Families

President Harry S. Truman stands outside the White House with Congressional Medal of Honor recipients (front row) their family members, and military officials. From left to right, front row: Major Everett P. Pope, United States Marine Corps, North Quincy and Wollaston, Massachusetts; Private First Class Gino J. Merli, United States Army, Peckville, Pennsylvania; Laurett Graham (niece of Lieutenant Rouh); Private First Class Luther Skaggs, Jr., United States Marine Corps, Henderson and Brownsville, Kentucky; and First Lieutenant Carlton Rouh, United States Marine Corps, Lindenwold, New Jersey.

President Harry S. Truman Shakes Hands with Wounded Soldiers

A portion of the group of forty disabled soldiers and their attendants from Walter Reed Hospital are shown here as guests attending Congressional Medal of Honor ceremonies held on the White House lawn. President Harry S. Truman is shaking hands with Robert Soly, Cambridge, Massachusetts, while on the far right awaiting his turn is Arthur Hook, Rochester, New York.

President Harry S. Truman With Medal of Honor Recipients

In ceremonies on the White House lawn, President Harry S. Truman, center, awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor to two men standing with him who served in World War II. They include left to right: U.S. Army Master Sergeant Charles L. McGaha, Cosby, Tennessee and U.S. Navy Commander Richard H. O'Kane, Dover, New Hampshire, a submarine skipper. Three wounded soldiers as seen here in wheelchairs were invited guests to the ceremony. Two are identified. They are left to right: Private First Class Robert Gordon, Cincinnati, Ohio and Sergeant Joseph Segar, McLean, Virginia.

President Harry S. Truman Congratulates Medal of Honor Recipient on Surviving Fall

President Harry S. Truman, center, is shown shaking hands with Master Sergeant James Hendrix who recently survived a 1,000 foot fall from an Army airplane when his parachute failed to open. In 1945, M/Sgt. Hendrix received the Congressional Medal of Honor for heroism during World War II. M/Sgt. Hendrix was escorted to the White House by African American evangelist Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux, standing on the left.

President Harry S. Truman With Medal of Honor Recipients

President Harry S. Truman congratulates two United States Army men who have just been presented the Congressional Medal of Honor. They are Corporal Jerry K. Crump (left), Forest City, North Carolina and Corporal Ronald E. Rosser (right), Crooksville, Ohio. Both men received the honor for heroism in Korea. The award ceremony took place at the White House. Others in the background are unidentified.

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 here 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 Congressional Medal of Honor

President Harry S. Truman is shown awarding the 100th Congressional Medal of Honor to Sergeant Jake Lindsey, Lucedale, Mississippi, in a ceremony before a joint session of Congress. General George C. Marshall is shown standing directly behind President Truman and Colonel Harry Vaughan, Military Aide to the President, is standing in uniform on the far left. On the rostrum in the background is Senator Kenneth McKellar, left, President Pro Tempore of the Senate and Speaker of the House Same Rayburn next to him. All others are unidentified.