Harry Truman: “The note of urgency has been on all the time. That's the reason we call this an emergency.”

I have great faith and confidence in our civil servants.

The people of the United States have a very great asset in this force.

This ceremony could be no more than a magnificent burial.

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…