Soldiers

President Harry S. Truman stands with Korean War veterans after presenting each of them the Congressional Medal of Honor in the Oval Office at the White House. From left to right: Senator Earle Clements of Kentucky (partly obscured); Senator Hugh Butler of Nebraska; Governor Lawrence Wetherby of Kentucky; First Lieutenant Carl Dodd, Kenvir, Kentucky; President Truman; Sergeant John A. Pittman, Carrolton, Mississippi; Master Sergeant Ernest R. Kouma, Dwight, Nebraska; and Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall. Others in the background are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman, center, is shown awarding the Congressional Medal of Honor to one of the 28 recipients (left) who received the award in the East Room of the White House in front of family and dignitaries. The man standing behind the desk is Major General Harry Vaughan. The dignitaries seated in the front row on the right are (from right to left): Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal; Secretary of War Henry Stimson; unidentified man; General George C. Marshall; Fleet Admiral William Leahy; and General Henry "Hap" Arnold. A group of photographers are visible behind the President.

Colonel Cyril Hew Dalrymple Wild of the British military sits in the witness box at the War Ministry Building Courtroom in Tokyo, Japan. He was a War Crime Liaison Officer, who testified for the prosecution that Japan violated Siam's neutrality, also to the mistreatment of prisoners of war by the Japanese in a trial of twenty-seven ex-leaders of Japan. He was killed the next day in a plane crash on his way to Singapore.

Colonel Cyril Hew Dalrymple Wild of the British military sits in the witness box at the War Ministry Building Courtroom in Tokyo, Japan. He was a War Crime Liaison Officer, who testified for the prosecution that Japan violated Siam's neutrality, also to the mistreatment of prisoners of war by Japanese in trial of twenty-seven ex-leaders of Japan. He was killed the next day in plane crash on his way to Singapore.

President Harry S. Truman shakes hands with and greets recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor. From left to right: Mike Colalillo; Robert H. Dunlap; Richard M. McCool; President Truman; Vernon McGarity; Frank Burke; Vito R. Bertoldo. The original photo has been retouched.

The members of Battery D, 129th Field Artillery, 35th Division, pose for a photo. The exact location is unknown. All are unidentified.

Actress Ilona Massey poses for a photograph with an unidentified serviceman. Inscribed on photograph "Don't wake me up. I was dreaming a wonderful dream. I want to dream it again and again."

A group of unidentified servicemen in Trinidad pose for a photograph.

Actress and singer Ilona Massey is visiting with Earl Feeley at WVDI Armed Forces Radio Service in Trinidad. Inscription on photograph "To the memory of a pleasant visit. Thank You. Earl (Screwball) Feeley".

Ilona Massey (seated, second row, third from left) and unidentified servicemen and women pose for a photograph on the steps of a building at the U. S. Naval Air Station, Trinidad, British West Indies.