Louis W. Truman - Awards

Awards

During his distinguished military career, Truman was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal, two Silver Stars, two Legions of Merit, three Bronze Star Medals (one with ‘V’ device), two Army Commendation Medals, and the Combat Infantryman Badge with one star. He also wore the American Defense Service Medal, American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, The Army of Occupation Medal (Germany), two National Defense Service Medals, Korean Service Medal and UN Service Medal.

• Army Distinguished Service Medal
• Silver Star with one oak leaf cluster
• Legion of Merit with one oak leaf cluster
• Bronze Star with one oak leaf cluster
• Bronze Star with Valor Device
• Army Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster
• American Defense Service Medal
• American Campaign Medal
• European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
• Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
• World War II Victory Medal
• Army of Occupation Medal with Germany Clasp
• National Defense Service Medal with bronze star
• Korean Service Medal
• United Nations Service Medal

Along with his Army awards, he received several foreign decorations; the Legion of Honor and Croix de Guerre from France, the Order of Leopold and Croix de Guerre from Belgium, the Order of Orange Nassau from the Netherlands and the Presidential Unit Citation from the Republic of Korea and others.

General Truman also received many civilian honors. Among them were a Doctorate of Laws degree from Drury College in Springfield, Missouri, a proclamation of July 27, 1967 as “Lt. Gen. Louis W. Truman Day” by former Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. in December 1975 and another proclamation from the Georgia Chamber of Commerce. He was also the third recipient of the “Good Neighbor Award” from the Harry S. Truman Foundation in 1975. Recently, Truman was honored by the West Point Society of Atlanta with its “Distinguished Graduate Award.”