Byron Price was director of the Office of Censorship

Office of Censorship

The Office of Censorship was an emergency wartime agency set up on December 19, 1941 to aid in the censorship of all communications coming into and going out of the United States.-Overview:...

 for the United States

United States

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 government during World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

. For his role, he was recognized with a Pulitzer Prize

Pulitzer Prize

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 in 1944. After the war he was appointed as the Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations

United Nations

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. In 1946, President Harry S. Truman presented Byron Price with the Medal for Merit for "exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services as Director, Office of Censorship, from December 20, 1941, until August 15, 1945." After his tenure he served as vice-president of the Motion Picture Association of America

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External links

• Medal of Merit Citation