Though he had landed on the beaches of Normandy and been
wounded in battle fighting with the U.S. Army, Staff Sergeant
Marcario García was not yet a U.S. citizen when President
Harry S. Truman awarded him the Medal of Honor on August
23, 1945. García became the first Mexican national to receive
the American military’s highest honor.

President Truman honoring Macario Garcia.

Kelly was a dancer, actor, singer, director and choreographer
known for his performances in An American in Paris (1951),
which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, Singin’ in
the Rain (1952).