Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Secretary of Navy James Forrestal

5240 945 June 30, 1947 Dear Mr. Secretary: I have your letter of June 27th with reference to ceremonies to be held at X200-1-R Fredericksburg, Virginia on Sunday, July 6, 1947 in observance of the Bicentennial of John Paul Jones' birth. # I regret that my schedule will not permit me to be present at Fredericksburg on this occasion. However, I shall be very glad to have the gold medal that is to be posthumously x357 awarded to John Paul Jones presented in the name x101-A of the President of the United States. It is x pP72063 understood that the presentation is to be made X1114 by Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, President of the XPP71125 Naval Historical Foundation, and that Rear Admiral James L. Holloway, Jr., Superintendent of the U.S. x18-lo Naval Academy will accept the medal on behalf of the Academy and place it in the John Paul Jones crypt at Annapolis. Sincerely yours, (Sgd) HARRY S. TRUMAN The Honorable James Forrestal, x18 The Secretary of the Navy, Navy Department, Washington, D.C.