Harry Truman: “Beneath the flag of the Red Cross we are a united people.”

As far as I am concerned.

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…

The Constitution is a living force--it is a growing thing.

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