Awards

President Harry S. Truman congratulates Admiral Chester W. Nimitz after a ceremony in the White house awarding Nimitz a Gold Star in lieu of earning a fourth Distinguished Service Medal. From Left to Right; President Harry S. Truman, Catherine F. Nimitz, Chester W. Nimitz, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and John L. Sullivan. Others in the background are unidentified.

In a brief ceremony at the White House President Harry S. Truman (right) receives the a medal from the Pan American Society of the United States by Thomas W. Parker (left), President of the Pan American Society of the United States.

President Harry S. Truman (left) is shown receiving a gold medal from John W. Laird (right), President of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The ceremony took place at the White House and the medal itself is a replica of one worn by George Washington who was a member of the society.

Unidentified speaker at lectern during Four Freedoms Foundation Awards dinner, with Basil O'Conner (far left) and former President Harry S. Truman seated. They are in New York City at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.

Judge Ferdinand Pecora, President of the Four Freedoms Foundation, at the lectern addressing the awards dinner. Seated around him (Left to Right) are Basil O'Connor, former President Harry S. Truman, former Secretary of State Dean Acheson, and diplomat Averell Harriman. They are at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City.

Left to right: Diplomat Averell Harriman, former President Harry S. Truman, former Secretary of State Dean Acheson, and Judge Ferdinand Pecora. Former President Truman is receiving a framed citation from the Four Freedoms Foundation. Similar to 69-565. They are at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City.

Left to right: Diplomat Averell Harriman, former President Harry S. Truman, former Secretary of State Dean Acheson, and Judge Ferdinand Pecora. Former President Truman is receiving a framed citation from the Four Freedoms Foundation. Similar to 69-565. They are at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City.

Robert C. Goodwin, Director of the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Employment Security, is shown on the left shaking hands with an unidentified foreign trainee who has just received a letter or award of training completion. Location is probably in a Labor Department office.

Robert C. Goodwin, Director of the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Employment Security, is shown on the left shaking hands with international trainee Mr. Zardi from Pakistan who has just received an award of training completion. Location is probably in a Labor Department office. According to Mr. Goodwin's appointment book, this event took place on October 3, 1961. A portrait of Secretary of Labor Arthur Goldberg is on the wall behind Goodwin.

Robert C. Goodwin, Director of the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Employment Security, is shown on the left shaking hands with an unidentified foreign trainee who has just received a letter or award of training completion. Location is probably in a Labor Department office.