International News Photos

President Harry S. Truman, left, shakes hands with U.S. Marine Corps First Lieutenant Henry A. Commiskey, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, who received the Congressional Medal of Honor at a ceremony on the White House lawn. Standing with him is his wife who is holding his son Henry A., Jr. and he is holding his daughter Cassandra. In view standing behind President Truman is Dan Kimball, Secretary of the Navy. Others in the background are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman, third from right, is shaking hands and congratulating a group of five Congressional Medal of Honor recipients. The nation's highest award for bravery in battle was given to four U.S. Army men and a U.S. Marine Lieutenant in a ceremony on the White House south grounds. The men received the honor for bravery in fighting either on Okinawa, Iwo Jima or in the Philippines during World War II. From left to right: Sergeant Alejandro R. Ruiz, Barstow, Texas; Sergeant Beauford T. Anderson, Soldiers Grove, Wisconsin; Private First Class Dirk J.

President Truman is shown awarding the Congressional Medal of Honor to Sergeant John A. Pittman, Carrolton (Tullula), Mississippi, who served during the Korean War. The ceremony took place in the Oval Office at the White House.

President Harry S. Truman stands with Korean War veterans after awarding each of them the Congressional Medal of Honor in the Oval Office at the White House. From left to right: First Lieutenant Carl Dodd, Kenvir, Kentucky; President Truman; Sergeant John A. Pittman, Carrolton (Tullula), Mississippi; and Master Sergeant Ernest R. Kouma, Dwight, Nebraska; and Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall.

President Harry S. Truman, center, is shown shaking hands and looking at the Congressional Medal of Honor that he has just presented to recipient Lieutenant Carl H. Dodd. Standing on the right is Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall. Lieutenant Dodd, of Kenvir, Kentucky, received his medal for heroic action in January, 1951, in Korea.

President Harry S. Truman is shown shaking hands with Lieutenant (JG) Thomas J. Hudner, Fall River, Massachusetts, who has just received the Congressional Medal of Honor at a White House ceremony. Lt. Hudner, a Navy pilot, crash landed his fighter behind enemy lines in Korea in a vain effort to save the Navy's first African American aviator, Ensign Jesse Leroy Brown. Mrs. Daisy Pearl Brown, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, widow of Ensign Brown is on the left. In the background is Mrs. Thomas Hudner, mother of Lt. Hudner. Others are unidentified.

President Truman is shown presenting the Congressional Medal of Honor to Korean War soldier Master Sergeant Ernest R. Kouma, of Dwight, Nebraska, at a ceremony in the Oval Office at the White House.

Greek actor-director Theo Roubanis and his wife, the former Lady Sarah Spencer-Churchill greet Mrs. Donald Dawson (Ilona Massey) at reception given in their honor at the International Club in Washington by Mrs. Rafael Cobian (center) and Mr. Cobian.

Ilona Massey (left) and Donald Dawson (center) stand with Martha Hartke, wife of United States Senator Vance Hartke (right). The event is unknown.

Ilona Massey speaks at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Major General and Mrs. Donald S. Dawson were presented the Freedom Award of the Hungarian Freedom Fighters Federation by Dr. Andras Pogany, National President, USA, on left, and Mr. Istvan Gereben, National Vice-President of the Federation, at the Federation's Freedom Award Dinner held in the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.