Conscientious objectors
A picket line in front of the White House
Relatives of conscientious objectors still in prison picketing in front of the White House.
President Truman Presents Medal of Honor to Desmond T. Doss
President Harry S. Truman presents the Congressional Medal of Honor to Corporal Desmond T. Doss, Lynchburg, Virginia, during a mass Medal of Honor presentation ceremony held at the White House gardens. Corporal Doss, a conscientious objector, earned the citation while serving as a medical corpsman with the 77th Division on Okinawa during World War II.