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Harry Truman: JOHN MONROE JOHNSON, for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the United…

On the recordMarch 7, 1946
JOHN MONROE JOHNSON, for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the United States as Director of the Office of Defense Transportation.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Citation Accompanying the Medal for Merit Presented to John Monroe Johnson.

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