On the recordMarch 27, 1949
He performed his duties as Secretary of Defense with vigorous leadership, fearlessness, integrity, selflessness, and unstinted expenditure of physical effort.
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Citation Accompanying Distinguished Service Medal Awarded to James Forrestal.
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