Return to Naval Historical Center home page. Return to Online Library listing

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060

Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-701151 (cropped) Pharmacist's Mate Second Class George E. Wahlen, USN Receives the Medal of Honor from President Harry S. Truman during Nimitz Day ceremonies at the White House on 5 October 1945. Among those in the background are (first row): Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Artemis Gates (visible just to left of President Truman); and and Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, USN, (at far right). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 88KB; 590 x 765 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

If you want higher resolution reproductions than this digital image, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

Return to Naval Historical Center home page.

Image posted 25 July 2006