Doss, Desmond T., 1919-2006
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.
President Truman Awards the Congressional Medal of Honor to Desmond Doss
President Harry S. Truman (right) awards the Congressional Medal of Honor to Corporal Desmond Doss (left), the first Conscientious Objector to receive a Medal of Honor, on the White House lawn. Others in the background are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.
Soldiers Receiving the Congressional Medal of Honor
Fifteen members of the Army Ground Forces stand on the White House lawn after being presented the Congressional Medal of Honor by President Harry S. Truman (not pictured). From left to right: Sergeant Christos H. Karaberis, Sergeant Freeman Horner, Corporal Desmond T. Doss, Corporal Clarence B. Craft, Captain James M. Burt, Corporal Melvin E. Biddle, Corporal Edward A. Bennett, Corporal Thomas E. Atkins, Private First Class William A. Soderman, Second Lieutenant Edward A. Silk, Sergeant Cleto Rodriguez, Sergeant Nicholas Oresko, Sergeant Dexter J. Kerstetter, and Sergeant Thomas J. Kelly.