Harry Truman: “I tell the truth on them, and that's a lot better for the country than giving them hell, because they can't stand the…”

That is his duty. That is his duty.

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.

There is hereby established a medal to be known as the National Security Medal with accompanying ribbons and appurtenances.

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…