Harry Truman: “It has been very satisfactory.”

We have learned that the mark of a well-managed land lies in the care a Nation gives to its rivers.

The decoration established by this order shall be awarded by the President of the United States or, under regulations approved by him, by such person or persons as he may designate.

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.

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…