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President Harry S. Truman Shaking Hands With Wounded

66-3147
Accession Number
66-3147
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
Printer-Friendly Version
NAID 350286933
Keywords
Award presentations
Awards
Hospital patients
Military ceremonies, honors, and salutes
National monuments
Presidents
Soldiers
World War, 1939-1945
Medal of Honor
Wheelchairs
Military hospitals
People Pictured
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
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Harris & Ewing

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
A group of forty disabled soldiers and their attendants from Walter Reed Hospital are partially shown here as guests attending Congressional Medal of Honor ceremonies held on the White House lawn. President Harry S. Truman is shaking hands with Private First Class Samuel J. Barressi, Corry, Pennsylvania. Others in view are not identified.
Date(s)
June 14, 1946