Truman accepting gift from Hadassah Club
Former president Harry S. Truman accepting the "History of the Passover - Lagadah" from representatives of the Hadassah Club in the Auditorium of the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, Missouri.
Award presentations
Truman accepting gift from Hadassah Club
Former president Harry S. Truman accepting the "History of the Passover - Lagadah" from representatives of the Hadassah Club in the Auditorium of the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, Missouri.
President Truman wins a fishing trophy in Boca Chica, Florida
Virginia Kelly, Queen of the 1947 Key West International Fishing Tournament, presents President Harry S. Truman his trophy. From the album of the President's second vacation trip to Key West, Florida.
President Truman With Contest Winner
President Harry S. Truman (right) with unidentified White House Photographers Association contest winner.
President Truman accepting award from Hadassah
President Harry S. Truman accepts Henrietta Szold Award for distinguished humanitarian service from the National Hadassah organization. From left to right: Mrs. Samuel Rosensohn, New York Chairman of the Hadassah Medical Organization; Mrs. Rose Halprin, President of the National Hadassah; President Truman; Mrs. Raphael Tourover, Hadassah Washington Representative; and Mrs. Hannah Goldberg of New York, Hadassah National Secretary.
George L. Warren Receives Award From Vatican
George L. Warren, a long time principal adviser on refugees and displaced persons for the Department of State and for many years the United States Representative to ICEM (Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration) is shown on the right after just having received what is believed to be the Vatican's Order of the Golden Spur Award. He is shaking hands with the Vatican's prelate and award representative in Berne, Switzerland.
President Harry S. Truman With Medal of Honor Recipients
In a group medal presentation ceremony held in the White House south grounds garden, President Harry S. Truman awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor to four U.S. Army men and one U.S. Marine. Pictured sharing a handshake after the ceremony are left to right: Sergeant Alejandro R. Ruiz, Barstow, Texas; Technical Sergeant Beauford T. Anderson, Soldiers Grove, Wisconsin; Private First Class Dirk J. Vlug, Grand Rapids, Michigan; President Truman; Technical Sergeant John Meagher, Jersey City, New Jersey; and First Lieutenant John H. Leims, United States Marine Corps, Chicago, Illinois.
President Harry S. Truman Awards the Medal of Honor
President Harry S. Truman presents the Congressional Medal of Honor to Marine Private First Class Luther Skaggs, Jr., of Henderson, Kentucky. This award was presented to this soldier and three others this day at a ceremony on the White House grounds. PFC Skaggs kept fighting for eight hours in the Guam landing, July, 1944, despite serious wounds which later cost him his left leg. Standing next to President Truman is Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal. Others in the background are unidentified.
President Harry S. Truman Awards Congressional Medal of Honor
President Harry S. Truman is shown bestowing the Congressional Medal of Honor on Sergeant Ralph G. Neppel, 21, Glidden, Iowa. Sgt. Neppel is one of 28 soldiers who received this award in the East Room of the White House on this day. Sgt. Neppel lost his legs below the knee in action in Germany, December, 1944.
President Harry S. Truman Presents the Medal of Honor to Recipients
President Harry S. Truman (lower, center) presents the Congressional Medal of Honor to Commander George L. Street, US Navy, during a ceremony at the White House. Shown here is a general view of the mass medal presentation ceremony on the White House south lawn in which 14 men of the U.S. Marine Corps and Navy received the award for bravery in World War II. The Washington Monument is in view in the background as well as numerous U.S. Navy and Marine officials, soldiers and family members.