George C Marshall, Secretary of Defense with his Committee at Pentagon building in Arlington, Virginia. Anna Rosenberg standing beside Marshall. Marshall hands over papers to Rosenberg.
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.
Dulles and Johnson with James E Webb, Special Assistant to Secretary of State, Major General Parks, Chairman of Information, Department of Army. Dulles and Johnson shaking hands with Webb and General Parks. The two men walking up the ramp of plane. They turn around as Dulles waves his hat. General Parks, Mrs. Earl Johnson and Mrs. Pace waving goodbye.
McArthur and family getting out of car for departure in Washington DC. Short flash, still photographers taking pictures. McArthur, wife and son wave. McArthur and family walk to the plane. Mrs McArthur at the top of the ramp. McArthur shaking hands with Pace. McArthur on ramp with his wife. Major General Courtney Whitney in background.
Harold Russell, National Commander of AMVETS (American Veterans); Frank Pace Jr., and a man at Pentagon in Washington DC. Russell is greeted by Anna Rosenberg as he walks in then Mrs. Rosenberg walking to platform. Group of AMVETS posing on Pentagon steps.
General Omar N Bradley pins the Oak Leaf Cluster to the Distinguished Service Medal on Major General Joseph S Bradley at his office in Washington DC. An officer reads citation and women observe. Omar Bradley pins citation on Joseph Bradley, wearing dark glasses. They shake hands. Joseph Bradley speaks. Officers file by shaking hands with two women and Joseph Bradley.
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