Harry Truman: “Yes, but I am not for it.”

That is his duty. That is his duty.

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Uniform Code of Military Justice, Article 140 I64 Stat. 107, 145); and as Commander in Chief of the armed forces of the United States, I hereby delegate to the Secretary of Defense the…

It would have involved us in all-out war in the Far East, and we have been strenuously trying to avoid that all the time.

The decoration established by this order shall be awarded by the President of the United States or, under regulations approved by him, by such person or persons as he may designate.