I heartily concur in your proposal as Chairman of Collier's Congressional Awards Committee that the dinner scheduled for April sixth be cancelled.
Harry Truman: “I heartily concur in your proposal as Chairman of Collier's Congressional Awards Committee that the dinner scheduled for…”
Editor's note · Context
Letter to Owen D. Young Approving the Cancellation of the Congressional Awards Dinner.
Share
More from Harry Truman
No more than one National Security Medal shall be awarded to any one person, but for subsequent services justifying an award, a suitable device may be awarded to be worn with the Medal.
There is hereby established a medal to be known as the National Security Medal with accompanying ribbons and appurtenances.
The National Security Medal may be awarded to any person, without regard to nationality, including members of the armed forces of the United States, for distinguished achievement or outstanding contribution on or after July 26, 1947, in…
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Uniform Code of Military Justice, Article 140 I64 Stat. 107, 145); and as Commander in Chief of the armed forces of the United States, I hereby delegate to the Secretary of Defense the…





