Harry Truman: “This is the mechanical age, and you must be an expert in some line if you are going to make a success in this great day.”

As far as I am concerned.

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…

It was suggested, and I decided that it wouldn't serve any good purpose, it would be just a piece of demagoguery; and that is what it turned out to be.

That is his duty. That is his duty.