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President Harry S. Truman With Medal of Honor Recipient and Family

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 With Medal of Honor Recipients

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 Harry S. Truman Standing with Medal of Honor Recipients

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 Congratulates Medal of Honor Recipient

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.

Ilona Massey at National Press Club

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.