Steps leading to White House garden. President Harry S Truman reads the citation and then puts the Medal of Honor on Hudner in Washington DC. President shakes hand with the Lieutenant. Civilian news and still cameramen at work as Medal of Honor is awarded to Hudner. The President posing with Hudner, the latter's parents, and Daisy Brown, the widow of Ensign Jesse Leroy Brown, whose husband was the shipmate of Lieutenant Hudner, whom Hudner was trying to save. Mrs. Brown stands. Hudner wearing medal. Lieutenant shaking hands with Mrs. Brown. Still photograph of Ensign Brown. The plane of Leroy Brown was downed by enemy Chinese fire during the Korean War. Hudner crash landed his own aircraft in an attempt to free Brown from his plane's wreckage, but he was unable to free him from the cockpit where Brown later died. Ensign Jesse Brown was the first African American pilot in the U.S. Navy, and the first U.S. Navy officer killed in the Korean War. Hudner was the first Medal of Honor recipient during the Korean War.
President Harry S Truman presenting Medals of Honor to Captain Raymond Harvey, Captain Lewis L Millett, Master Sergeant Stanley T Adams, and Sergeant Einer H Ingman at Rose Garden, White House, Washington DC. Relatives and officials talk. General Omar N Bradley and George C Marshall with the men. They are congratulated by both. General J Lawton Collins speaking to one of the awardees, to relatives. Master Sergeant Stanley T Adams. The Sergeant holding a little boy. Sergeant Einer H Ingman. A Captain one of the awardees, congratulated by relatives. The two Captains posing with a woman.
Major Stephen W Pless, U.S. Marine Corps comes forward during Medal of Honor Ceremony at East Room, White House in Washington DC. Relatives seated. Major Pless stands in front of President. President Lyndon B Johnson presents Medal of Honor to Major Pless.
A man reads citation during Medal of Honor Ceremony at East Room, White House in Washington DC. Medals on board. Lieutenant Colonel Joe M Jackson and Major Stephen M Pless stand wearing their medals. Lieutenant Clyde C Lassen, U.S. Navy. President Lyndon B Johnson presents Medal of Honor to Lieutenant Lassen. President shakes hand with Lieutenant.
Staff Sergeant Drew D Dix comes forward during Medal of Honor Ceremony at East Room, White House in Washington DC. A man reads citation. Relatives seated. Staff Sergeant Dix stands. President Lyndon B Johnson presents Medal of Honor to Staff Sergeant Dix. President addresses. Officers posing for a photo with President. President Johnson meets with his relatives. Scene of Pentagon building.
Military recruitment and draft: Young men registering and answering questions at Flushing High School and Haaren High School in New York. Clerks filling out draft papers and issuing cards. Card being held by registrant. Men entering and leaving the High School. Sign above doorway "Registration for the Draft". One man pauses at a doorway to look at his new card.
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