In 1951 , Mardikian was awarded the Medal of Freedom by President Harry S. Truman for his work as a consultant to the Quartermaster General of the United States Army . A portion of the citation reads , " With vigorous energy , keen powers of observation and analysis and a dynamic personality , he enlisted the enthusiastic interest of commanders and soldiers alike in the preparation and service of food under varying conditions in the combat zone . " He would go on to write and contribute to entrepreneurial and philanthropic causes , including the American National Committee to Aid Homeless Armenians ( ANCHA ) . Later that year , Mardikian would appoint his uncle as his chief Armenian typist and Soghomon Tehlirian as his assistant
Medal of Freedom
Medal of Freedom (1945)
George Mardikian