News in Brief: Marines Get Honor Medal.
News in Brief: Marines Get Honor Medal.
Clip: 351582_1_1
Year Shot: 1951
(Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1565
Original Film: 024-507-02
HD: N/A
Location: Washington, DC
Timecode: 02:44:56 - 02:45:27
News in Brief: Marines Get Honor Medal. Two Marine majors, Reginald Myers and Carl Sitter, who led their troops to safety in Korea after communist trap, receive the nation's highest award, the Medal of Honor, from President Harry S. Truman. The men pose with their families, then with President Truman while press photographers take aim with their cameras.