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President Harry S. Truman With Four Medal of Honor Recipients

President Harry S. Truman joins hands with two soldiers and two sailors who served during World War II and have just received the Congressional Medal of Honor. From left to right: Sergeant John R. McKinney, Woodcliff, Georgia; First Lieutenant Daniel W. Lee, Alma, Georgia; President Truman; Lieutenant Donald A. Gary, Oakland, California; and Commander Joseph T. O'Callahan, Navy Chaplain. The ceremony took place in the Oval Office at the White House.

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 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 Presents Medal of Honor to Recipient

President Harry S. Truman presents the Congressional Medal of Honor to United States Navy Lieutenant Richard Miles McCool, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. McCool, Sr., Norman, Oklahoma, who were present at the ceremony as well as Lieutenant McCool's wife. His award was presented for service as commanding officer of the USS LCS (Landing Craft Support) 122 during operations against Japanese forces in the Ryukyu Chain, June 10 and 11, 1945.

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.