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Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient Merriman Smith
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Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient
Merriman Smith
MERRIMAN SMITH
Awarded by
President Lyndon B. Johnson
January 20, 1969
For a quarter of a century, the story of the American Presidency has been written most frequently under a famous by-line, "Merriman Smith." The dean of the White House Correspondents has brought to his reporting the dispassionate presentation of the facts and the realistic perspective in the best tradition of journalism. Five Presidents have received from him an objectivity not universal in his profession. Millions know and understand America better because of his patriotic and dedicated service.
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