Word: medals
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Gifts & Decorations. There were more jobs of cordiality to do. The General returned to the White House, received from President Truman the medal of the Legion of Merit. In return he presented Harry Truman with two gifts: 1) a painting of Benjamin Franklin (by Joseph Duplessis), which Francophile Franklin had given to a Parisian friend in 1770; 2) a large bronze medal from the city of Metz, commemorating its Allied liberation last November. At another ceremony, General de Gaulle conferred France's Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor on Generals Marshall, Arnold and Somervell, Admirals Leahy and King...
...last week President Truman awarded Congressional Medals of Honor to 28 soldiers in the East Room of the White House. It was the biggest ceremony of its kind since World War II began. As each man stepped up, or was wheeled up, Harry Truman said: "I'm proud to place this medal...
...number of World War II Medal of Honor winners now stood at 272 (Army 197, Marines 41, Navy 33, Coast Guard 1). This was more than twice the number given for heroism in World War I. But the highest award was still hard to get: only one serviceman in 45,000 had received...
Pennsylvania had produced more Medal of Honor winners (25) than any other state. Twenty-one were born in New York; the same number in Texas. Ohio was fourth with 13. Every state except Arizona, Nevada, Wyoming, had given birth to at least one such No. 1 hero. In terms of percentage, Idaho (four Medal of Honor men in a 525,000 population) ranked highest. Eleven Medal of Honor men were foreign-born...
Last week at the White House in Washington (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS), modest Sergeant MacGillivary became the only native Canadian in World War II to get a Congressional Medal of Honor. Then he headed for Boston. There he aimed to marry Esther Manning (who has agreed) and to find a job which he can handle with his new artificial...