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President Harry S Truman awards Congressional Medals of Honor at the White House to Carl Sitter and Reginald Myers

President Harry S Truman awards Congressional Medals of Honor at the White House in Washington DC. A gathering at the White House. Officials and awardees with their families. The recipients are Marine Captain Carl Sitter (standing left of the President when all three men are together) and Reginald Myers (standing right of the President). The President awards the Medal of Honor to each of the two officers. The officers shake hands and pose with the President. Officers with their families after receiving the Medals. Sitter holding his son and pictured with his wife. Myers' wife, Margaret, and daughter, Susan, and son, Scott. Myers holding his son, Scott. Major Myers was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor while serving as Executive Officer, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, in the vicinity of HAGARU-RI, KOREA, November 29, 1950, while commanding a group of 80 men who were stragglers and missing from other units. Major Myers' makeshift unit successfully denied the Chinese Communists the possession of EAST HILL, which dominated the key crossroads in the withdrawal -- attack in another direction -- by U.S. Marines and Army units from the Chosin Reservoir. Captain Sitter's unit relieved Major Myers' unit in the same battle. Sitter received e medal for his actions as a commanding officer during a two-day battle at Hagaru-Ki, Korea in November 1950. The fighting lasted 36 hours, and Sitter endured grenade burns to his face, arms and chest. He refused to evacuate as the fight continued. More than half of his company was killed, wounded or captured, but a successful defense of the area was mounted by U.S. soldiers.

Location: Washington DC White House USA
Date: 1951, October 29
Duration: 2 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675020737
Natives wrestle bare-skinned at Saint Lawrence Island in Alaska.

Cruise of the whaler Herman to the Arctic. The whaler at St. Lawrence Island. Natives on dog sledges arrive at the ship. Dogs and sledges near the ship. Natives wrestle on the ice, bare skinned and at 20 degrees below 0 temperature. The whaler in the background.

Location: Saint Lawrence Island Alaska USA
Date: 1915
Duration: 1 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020842
The crew of whaler Herman visits the village of Gambell on St. Lawrence Island.

Cruise of the whaler Herman to the Arctic. The whaler at St. Lawrence Island in Alaska. The crew visits the village of Gambell. Tents in the village. Dogs with sledges. Native women with children on their shoulders. Native families. Dogs lie on the ground.

Location: Saint Lawrence Island Alaska USA
Date: 1915
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020843
Natives of Gambell village go walrus hunting on St. Lawrence Island.

Cruise of the whaler Herman to the Arctic. Natives of Gambell village go walrus hunting. A native with a harpoon. Walruses on the ice sheet. Man strikes the walrus with a harpoon. The walrus dives. Skin and floats are attaches to the line as a drag. Walrus in water. Natives in a boat. Natives pose with walrus tusks aboard the whaler.

Location: Saint Lawrence Island Alaska USA
Date: 1915
Duration: 2 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020844
Crew members of the whaler Herman feed a baby walrus on board at St. Lawrence Island.

Cruise of the whaler Herman. The whaler on St. Lawrence Island. The ship's mascot, a baby walrus on board. The crew tries to feed the baby through a tube. The baby walrus in a tub. A dog near the walrus. The baby with the tube in its mouth. The crew bathes the walrus in a tub. Man scrubs as another fills water in the tub. A man hold's the baby's face. The walrus in the tub.

Location: Saint Lawrence Island Alaska USA
Date: 1915
Duration: 2 min 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020845
President Woodrow Wilson inspects a British Handley Page bomber at Bolling Field during World War I.

Group of military officers from U.S., Britain, and France, pose for photographs during First World War. President Woodrow Wilson inspects a British Handley Page 0/400 twin engine bomber at Bolling Field. A Thomas Morse S4C airplane parked in front is dwarfed by the larger Handley Page machine. The President with General March and Mrs. Wilson inspect the British bomber. The British military pilot of the plane poses and smiles. The plane takes off and is seen in flight over the Washington Monument.

Location: Washington DC Bolling Field USA
Date: 1918
Duration: 2 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675020880
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