Harry Truman: “This order shall be effective as of December 1, 1948.”

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…

No more than one National Security Medal shall be awarded to any one person, but for subsequent services justifying an award, a suitable device may be awarded to be worn with the Medal.

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 Constitution is a living force--it is a growing thing.