President Truman presents Gen. Dwight Eisenhower with the third Oak Leaf Cluster to the Distinguished Service Medal 199628 Stock Photo - Alamy

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Eisenhower wore only two medals in the portrait (linked below): His Army Distinguished Service Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters and his Legion of Merit. Why two medals, and why those two?

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President Dwight Eisenhower presents Medal of Freedom medal to Deputy Defense Secretary James Douglas at White House ceremony in Washington Jan. 18, 1961 medal for meritorious service to country. (AP Photo/Bill Allen