Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection. 1964 - 1980. SESQUICENTENNIAL CEREMONIES, U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY, WEST POINT, NEW YORK

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection. 1964 - 1980. SESQUICENTENNIAL CEREMONIES, U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY, WEST POINT, NEW YORK

1952

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Pres Truman is speaking. He tells of the closer union between European nations. He states that the Soviets are well trained and equipped and warns against relaxing our guard. Truman then asks Gen Matthew B. Ridgway to come forward. As Ridgway complies the President reads the citation awarding him the second Oak Leaf Cluster to the Distinguished Service Medal. Various Photographers scramble for their cameras as Truman pins the award on Ridgway. They pose together. Ridgway expresses gratitude for making the award in the presence of his family and comrades.

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Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

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Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953, succeeding upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt after serving as the 34th vice president in early 1945. He implemented the Marshall Plan to rebuild the economy of Western Europe and established the Truman Doctrine and NATO to contain communist expansion. He proposed numerous liberal domestic reforms, but few were enacted by the Conservative Coalition that dominated Congres...

Ridgway, Matthew B. (Matthew Bunker), 1895-1993

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