Harry Truman: “It was my very great privilege to have General Marshall as Chief of Staff, when I became president of the United States.”

I hereby direct all departments and agencies of the Government to cooperate with the Secretary of State in the execution of his authority under this proclamation and any subsequent proclamation, rule, regulation, or order issued in…

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.

That is his duty. That is his duty.

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…