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President Harry S. Truman Shakes Hands with Medal of Honor Recipients

68-1527 (untitled)
Accession Number
68-1527
7x9 inches
Black & White
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Keywords
Award presentations
Awards
Cabinet officers
Generals
Korean War, 1950-1953
Korean War, 1950-1953
Military ceremonies, honors, and salutes
Presidents
Soldiers
Medal of Honor
Marines
People Pictured
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Hernandez, Rodolfo Perez, 1931-
Burke, Lloyd Leslie, 1924-1999
Bradley, Omar Nelson, 1893-1981
Kimball, Dan Able, 1896-1970
Lovett, Robert A. (Robert Abercrombie), 1895-1986
Pace, Frank, 1912-1988
Hill, Lister, 1894-
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Description
President Harry S. Truman congratulates three soldiers who fought in the Korean War after he presented them with the Congressional Medal of Honor in a ceremony at the White House. From left to right: Marine Master Sergeant Harold E. Wilson, Birmingham, Alabama; President Truman; Army Lieutenant Lloyd L. Burke, Stuttgart, Arkansas; and Army Corporal Rodolfo P. Hernandez, Fowler, California. Various unidentified family members present at the ceremony stand directly behind them. Those identified on the back top row include, from left to right: General Omar N. Bradley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, far left; Arkansas Representative William F. Norrell, 5th from the left; Frank Pace, Secretary of the Army, 6th from the left; Alabama Senator Lister Hill, 3rd from the right; Dan A. Kimball, Secretary of the Navy, 2nd from the right; and Robert A. Lovett, Secretary of Defense, far right. All others are unidentified.
Date(s)
April 11, 1952