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President Truman presents a Medal of Merit

73-2485
Accession Number
73-2485
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 338956068
Keywords
Award presentations
Awards
Cabinet officers
Presidents
HST Keywords
Truman - Awards - Giving - Medals of Merit; Truman - Cabinet - Truman with Members
People Pictured
Forrestal, James, 1892-1949
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Krug, Julius A. (Julius Albert), 1907-1970
Leahy, William D. (William Daniel), 1875-1959
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 (left) presents a Medal of Merit to Secretary of Defense James Forrestal (right) in the Oval Office. Standing in the background are Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug (third from the left) and Admiral William D. Leahy (fourth from the left, between Truman and Forrestal). Others are unidentified.
Date(s)
January 27, 1948