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Truman reading the citation for Nimitz's medal

73-2071
Accession Number
73-2071
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
Printer-Friendly Version
NAID 338955238
Keywords
Award presentations
Awards
Cabinet officers
Naval officers
Presidents
HST Keywords
Truman - Awards - Giving - Medals - Other; Truman - Dignitaries - Military - Navy; White House - Rose Garden
People Pictured
Forrestal, James, 1892-1949
Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959
Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Truman, Margaret (Mary Margaret), 1924-2008
Nimitz, Catherine F. (Catherine Freeman), 1892-1979
Rights

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Credit:
Abbie Rowe
National Park Service

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description

Admiral Chester Nimitz (right foreground) speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House with President Harry S. Truman (left foreground), during a presentation of a Gold Star (in lieu of a third Distinguished Service Medal) to Nimitz. Others looking on include the Secretary of the Navy, James Forrestal (third from the left, second row); General George C. Marshall (fourth from left); Mrs. Catherine Nimitz (between Truman and Admiral Nimitz); Margaret Truman (fourth from right, in background); other members of the Nimitz family and other unidentified officials.

Date(s)
October 5, 1945