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Truman awarding Byrnes with Distinguished Service Medal

73-2027
Accession Number
73-2027
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
HST Keywords
Truman - Awards - Giving - Distinguished Service Medal - Byrnes, James F.; Truman - Cabinet - Truman with Members; Truman - Dignitaries - Military - Army; Byrnes, James F. - Ceremonies
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Description
President Harry S. Truman awarding the Distinguished Service Medal to Secretary of State James Byrnes in the Rose Garden at the White House. From left to right: General George C. Marshall; General Henry "Hap" Arnold; the President; Secretary Byrnes; his wife, Maude Byrnes; John Snyder of the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion; and General Harry Vaughan, the President's Military Aide.
Date(s)
August 13, 1945