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President Harry S. Truman Presents Congressional Medal of Honor

64-98
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64-98
6.5x8.5 inches
Black & White
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NAID 343793589
Keywords
Award presentations
Awards
Marines
Presidents
Sailors
Soldiers
Medal of Honor
HST Keywords
Truman - Awards - Giving - Congressional Medal of Honor
People Pictured
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Bertoldo, Vito R., 1916-1966
Burke, Frank, 1918-1988
Colalillo, Mike, 1925-2011
Dunlap, Robert H., 1920-2000
McCool, Richard M., Jr., 1922-2008
McGarity, Vernon, 1921-2013
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International News Photos

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Description
President Harry S. Truman presents six Congressional Medals of Honor. From left to right in the front are Private First Class Mike Colalillo, Captain Robert Hugo Dunlap, Lieutenant Richard Miles McCool, President Truman, Sergeant Vernon McGarity, Lieutenant Frank Burke, and Master Sergeant Vito R. Bertoldo. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.
Date(s)
December 18, 1945