Harry Truman: “This order shall become effective as of January 1, 1948.”

I made a 14,400-mile trip to get a lot of misinformation.

I have great faith and confidence in our civil servants.

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.

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…