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Associated Press President Awards Honor Medal

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08878.1415 Author/Creator: Associated Press Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: 23 August 1945 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w Order a Copy

One image of Harry S. Truman dated August 23, 1945 during a ceremony to award the Congressional medal of honor. In the picture, Truman is awarding Francis J. Clark from Salem.

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Clark, Francis J., fl. 1945

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