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President Harry S. Truman With Medal of Honor Recipients and Their Families

66-3116
Accession Number
66-3116
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 350286913
Keywords
Award presentations
Awards
Cabinet officers
Armed forces officers
Marines
Military ceremonies, honors, and salutes
Presidents
Soldiers
World War, 1939-1945
Medal of Honor
Marines
People Pictured
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959
Vandegrift, A. A. (Alexander Archer), 1887-1973
Forrestal, James, 1892-1949
Skaggs, Luther, Jr., 1923-1976
Rouh, Carlton Robert, 1919-1977
Merli, Gino Joseph, 1924-2002
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Acme Newspictures

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Description
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. Left to right, second row: unknown; General George Marshall; President Truman; General Alexander A. Vandegrift, Commandant, Marine Corps; and Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal. All others are unidentified.
Date(s)
June 15, 1945