Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces General Dwight D Eisenhower celebrates the Liberation of Paris at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France. View of the Arc De Triomphe. General Eisenhower and French officers arrive at the venue. Allied officers and soldiers gathered around. General Eisenhower lays a wreath at the French Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. French soldiers give a sword salute. He addresses the gathering regarding the Liberation of Paris by the Allied and French Forces of the Interior (FFI). Photographers take pictures. Soldiers seated on tanks. General Eisenhower presents the Shield of Honor to the people of Paris in World War II.
President Harry S Truman holds his last official cabinet meeting in Washington DC. The President with his cabinet team seated around a table. He is presented with a chair at the head of the table. Plate on chair reads 'The President April 1945.' New York: President-elect Dwight D Eisenhower with his future official family poses for pictures. The future President with his cabinet seated and standing.
President-elect Dwight D Eisenhower, his brother and Mayor Dewey help launch The Heart Fund in New York. Dignitaries and guests seated at the venue. President Eisenhower's brother with the chairman of the Drive Mrs. Preston Davie. Governer of NY Thomas Edmund Dewey also seated on stage. President Eisenhower arrives for the function. Speeches by Mrs. Davie and Eisenhower's brother. A standing ovation by the guests. Certificates distributed.
President Dwight D Eisenhower meets United States diplomats at the White House. The President along with Secretary of State John Dulles talk to the newly confirmed Ambassador to the Soviet Union, Charles” Chip” E. Bohlen. Cameraman taking a video. Ambassador Charles Bohlen and President Eisenhower shakes hands before Ambassador Bohlen departs the White House. President Eisenhower meets the first female Ambassador to Italy, Clare Boothe Luce. Ambassador Luce departs.
President Dwight D Eisenhower awards Medals of Honor for heroism in the Korean War at a ceremony in front of the White House. The gathering of military officers and government officials. The President arrives. Band plays as officers salute. Cameramen capture the event on film. Citations are read by a Naval Officer. President awards the medal to Sgt Hiroshi Miyamura, United States Army, and congratulates him. He then awards the medal to Lt James L Stone, United States Army and congratulates him.
President Dwight D Eisenhower awards Medals of Honor for heroism in the Korean War at a ceremony in front of the White House. Citation is read by a Naval Officer as Sgt David B Bleak of the Army medical Service, 223rd Infantry Regiment, United States Army stands by the President. President Eisenhower awards him the Medal of Honor and congratulates him. Also seen in the clip (already having received the Medal of Honor earlier in the ceremony) are 1st Lieutenant James Lamar Stone, 2nd Lieutenant Raymond G. Murphy (barely visible), and Sergeant Hiroshi H. Miyamura (the second Japanese American to have received the Medal of Honor).
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