Harry Truman: “I studied that book carefully and sincerely when you gave it to me, and it made me want to be in Quito all the more.”

The people of the United States have a very great asset in this force.

Members of the armed forces of the United States who are awarded the decoration established by this order are authorized to wear the medal and the ribbon symbolic of the award, as may be authorized by uniform regulations approved by the…

We have learned that the mark of a well-managed land lies in the care a Nation gives to its rivers.

There is hereby established a medal to be known as the National Security Medal with accompanying ribbons and appurtenances.