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IMFEDIATE RELEASE
July 7, 1945
EXECUTIVE ORDER
#9586
THE MEDAL OF FREEDOM
By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of
the United States and as Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy
of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:
GRUMAN
NARA
There is hereby established a medal to be known as the
Medal of Freedom with accompanying ribbons and appurtenancés for
award to any person; not hereinafter specifically excluded, who, on
or after December 7, 1941, has performed a meritorious act or service
which has aided the United States in the prosecution of a war against
an enemy or enemies and for which an award of another United States
medal or decoration is considered inappropriate. The Medal of Freedom
may also be awarded to any person, not hereinafter specifically ex-
cluded, who, on or after December 7, 1941, has similarly aided any
nation engaged with the United Stâtes in the presection of a war
against a common enemy or enemies.
The Medal of Freedom shall not be awarded to a citizen of
the United States for any act or service performed within the conti-
nental limits of the United States or to a member of the armed forces
of the United States.
The Medal of Freedom and appurtenances thereto shall be of
appropriate design, approved by the Sócretary of State, the Secrotary
of War, and the Socrotary of the Navy, and may bo avrarded by the Secre-
tary of State, the Secretary of War, or tho Socretary of the Navy, or by
such officers as the said Secretaries may respectively designate. Awards
shall be made under such regulations'as the said Secretaries shall severally
prescrib and such regulations shall, insofar as practicable, be of uniform
application.
No moro than one Medal of Freedom shall be awardod to any one
person, but for a subsequent act or service justifying such an award a
suitable device may be awardod to be worn with the modal.
The
Medal
of
Freedom may be awarded posthumously.
HARRY S. TRUMAN
THE WHITE HOUSE,
July 6, 1945,