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Truman speaking before awarding a medal to Marshall

73-2104
Accession Number
73-2104
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
Printer-Friendly Version
NAID 338955306
Keywords
Armed forces officers
Award presentations
Cabinet officers
Generals
Presidents
Speeches, addresses, etc.
HST Keywords
Truman - Awards - Giving - Medal - Marshall; Truman - Dignitaries - Military - Army
People Pictured
Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Anderson, Clinton Presba, 1895-1975
Byrnes, James F. (James Francis), 1882-1972
Marshall, Katherine Tupper, 1882-1978
Schwellenbach, Lewis B. (Lewis Baxter), 1894-1948
Vinson, Fred M., 1890-1953
Wallace, Henry A. (Henry Agard), 1888-1965
Forrestal, James, 1892-1949
Rights

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Credit:
Abbie Rowe
National Park Service

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
President Harry S. Truman (behind podium) speaking in the Pentagon Court during a ceremony at which he awarded an Oak Leaf Cluster to the Distinguished Service Medal of the retiring Army Chief of Staff, General George C. Marshall (far right). Standing along the left are, from left to right: unidentified, Secretary of Labor Lewis Schwellenbach, Secretary of Commerce Henry Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson, Secretary of the Treasury Fred Vinson, Secretary of State James Byrnes, Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal (second row), unidentified woman, and Katherine (Mrs. George C.) Marshall.
Date(s)
November 26, 1945