Honor Guard Watching Over Casket
The Honor Guard watches over the casket of former President Harry S. Truman in the lobby of the Truman Presidential Library. All are unidentified.
Marines
Honor Guard Watching Over Casket
The Honor Guard watches over the casket of former President Harry S. Truman in the lobby of the Truman Presidential Library. All are unidentified.
Honor Guard with Former President Harry S. Truman's Casket
The Honor Guard watches over the casket of former President Harry S. Truman in the lobby of the Truman Presidential Library. There is a TV camera in the foreground. All are unidentified.
Marines at Kimpo Air Base
General Frank Lowe, Lieutenant Colonel Roise, Captain Hume, and Marines of the Second Battalion, Fifth Marine Regiment talk over the taking of Kimpo, South Korea. Lt. Colonel Roise was the Commanding Officer of the Second Battalion, Fifth Regiment.
Marine tank
Marine tank returning fire on Hill 296 near Sinchon, South Korea.
North Korean prisoners of war
North Korean prisoners captured as 1st Marine Regiment moved into Seoul, South Korea, September 27, 1950.
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 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.
President Harry S. Truman With Medal of Honor Recipients and Their Families
President Harry S. Truman stands outside the White House with Congressional Medal of Honor recipients (front row) their family members, and military officials. From left to right, front row: Major Everett P. Pope, United States Marine Corps, North Quincy and Wollaston, Massachusetts; Private First Class Gino J. Merli, United States Army, Peckville, Pennsylvania; Laurett Graham (niece of Lieutenant Rouh); Private First Class Luther Skaggs, Jr., United States Marine Corps, Henderson and Brownsville, Kentucky; and First Lieutenant Carlton Rouh, United States Marine Corps, Lindenwold, New Jersey.