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Truman speaking before awarding a medal to Marshall

73-2105
Accession Number
73-2105
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
Printer-Friendly Version
NAID 338955308
Keywords
Armed forces officers
Award presentations
Cabinet officers
Generals
Naval officers
Presidents
Speeches, addresses, etc.
HST Keywords
Truman - Dignitaries - Military - Army; Truman - Awards - Giving - Medal - Marshall
People Pictured
Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Byrnes, James F. (James Francis), 1882-1972
Clifford, Clark M. (Clark McAdams), 1906-1998
Forrestal, James, 1892-1949
Leahy, William D. (William Daniel), 1875-1959
Marshall, Katherine Tupper, 1882-1978
Vaughan, Harry H., 1893-1981
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 (at podium) speaking in the Pentagon Court during a ceremony at which he awarded the retiring Army Chief of Staff, General George C. Marshall (right of Truman) an Oak Leaf Cluster to the Distinguished Service Medal. On the left are Secretary of State James Byrnes (second from left); Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal (third from left) and Katherine (Mrs. George C.) Marshall (fifth from left). On the right of Marshall, from left to right are Harry Vaughan, Admiral William D. Leahy, and Clark Clifford. Others are unidentified.
Date(s)
November 26, 1945