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Show -" it r K-?':'t y - y "-" y : 4 , ... 4. In ii ii ii inr'liiimmiiii i m -r -i i ... -r-aga j NATION'S HIGHEST AWARD . . . President Truman is decorating infantry in-fantry sergeant John A. Pittman, Tullula, Miss., with tbe congressional medal of honor tbe nation's highest award for valor An a ceremony at the white bouse. Sergeant Pittman won the honor by smothering an enemy grenade with his body to save tbe lives of bis comrades while leading an attack in Korea. Be was one of tbe three Korean veterans presented with the coveted medal by Mr. Truman. |