Awards

President Harry S. Truman, right, presents the Congressional Medal of Honor to Marine Staff Sergeant Archie Van Winkle, 26, of Everett, Washington. Sergeant Van Winkle, a platoon Sergeant of Company B, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division, though twice wounded in the same action, led his trapped platoon in a successful charge against a larger enemy force in Korea. Action took place near Sudong, Korea in November, 1950.

President Harry S. Truman stands in the Oval Office at the White House after presenting three Korean War veterans with the Congressional Medal of Honor. From left to right: General Harry Vaughan; unidentified Army officer; Korean War Medal of Honor recipient Sergeant John A. Pittman, President Truman, Secretary of Defense George Marshall, and unidentified Army officer. Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman stands with Korean War veterans after presenting each of them the Congressional Medal of Honor in the Oval Office at the White House. From left to right: Senator Earle Clements of Kentucky (partly obscured); Senator Hugh Butler of Nebraska; Governor Lawrence Wetherby of Kentucky; First Lieutenant Carl Dodd, Kenvir, Kentucky; President Truman; Sergeant John A. Pittman, Carrolton, Mississippi; Master Sergeant Ernest R. Kouma, Dwight, Nebraska; and Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall. Others in the background are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman, center, is shown awarding the Congressional Medal of Honor to one of the 28 recipients (left) who received the award in the East Room of the White House in front of family and dignitaries. The man standing behind the desk is Major General Harry Vaughan. The dignitaries seated in the front row on the right are (from right to left): Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal; Secretary of War Henry Stimson; unidentified man; General George C. Marshall; Fleet Admiral William Leahy; and General Henry "Hap" Arnold. A group of photographers are visible behind the President.

Actress Ilona Massey (third from left) is presenting the trophy to the winning jockey at an unidentified racetrack. Others are unidentified.

General Frank N. Roberts, Military Attache to the United States Embassy, Ankara, is awarded the CBE (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) by Sir Archibald Kelly, Ambassador of Great Britain at the British Embassy in Ankara, Turkey. Others in the background are unidentified.

General Frank N. Roberts (left) presents a Distinguished Service Medal to General Walter E. Todd (right) while Counsellor George Kennan (center) looks on.

Captain Houston L. (Johnny) Maples receives the Legion of Merit from Brigadier General Frank N. Roberts as American Embassy, Moscow witnesses, Captain Ronald Allen, United States Navy and John Davies look on.

General George V. Strong pins the Navy Cross on Captain Frank N. Roberts at Ft. Warren, Cheyenne, Wyoming for his bravery in the Panay Incident in the Philippines.

General George V. Strong (second from left) listens as an unidentified officer reads the citation for Captain Frank N. Roberts (right) to receive the Navy Cross at Ft. Warren, Cheyenne, Wyoming, for his bravery in the Panay Incident in the Philippines. All others are unidentified.