Harry Truman: “General Eisenhower is in the midst of a very important job.”

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…

We venerate these documents not because they are old, not because they are valuable historical relics, but because they still have meaning for us.

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

Mrs. Beth Campbell Short may be appointed to a permanent competitive position in the classified civil service of the United States without regard to the competitive provisions of the Civil Service Rules and Regulations.