Department of Defense

At a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, President Harry S. Truman presents the Congressional Medal of Honor awarded to Sergeant First Class Charles W. Turner of Boston, Massachusetts, to Mrs. Hazel O. Turner, the hero's mother. SFC Turner died from wounds received in Korea on September 1, 1950, while directing his reconnaissance platoon's fire against a larger enemy force from an exposed position in a tank turret. Among those present at the ceremony were (rear, left to right) Mildred D. Dean, wife of Major General William F. Dean, and Lavon P.