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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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