Homecoming of General Jonathan Wainwright (1945)

GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit General Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV receives Medal of Honour from President Harry S. Truman Full Description: USA: New York: Various: EXT NEW YORK Gen Wainwright drives through the streets of New York. Cheering crowds. TRUMAN. President. Decorates Gen. Wainwright with the Congressional Medal of Honour, in Washington D.C. WAINWRIGHT. Gen. U.S. Driving through streets of New York. Cheering crowds. Receives the Congressional Medal of Honour from President Truman in Washington. WASHINGTON. Truman decorates General Wainwright with Congressional Medal of Honour. Personalities - Armed Forces New York City, Washington D.C., Second World War, World War II, WWII, War, Corregidor, allied forces, allies, postwar, Jonathan Mayhew “Skinny“ Wainwright IV, Skinny, Jim, Skinny Jim, Philippines Background: General Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV rec