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President Harry S. Truman Signing National Security Act Amendment of 1949

73-3201 (untitled)
Accession Number
73-3201
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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Keywords
Armed forces officers
Cabinet officers
Legislation
Legislators
Presidents
HST Keywords
Truman - Signing - Documents - National Security Act Amendments
People Pictured
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Bradley, Omar Nelson, 1893-1981
Chapman, Virgil Munday, 1895-1951
Early, Stephen T. (Stephen Tyree), 1889-1951
Gray, Gordon, 1909-1982
Johnson, Louis Arthur, 1891-1966
Matthews, Francis Patrick, 1887-1952
Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard), 1897-1971
Short, Dewey Jackson, 1898-1979
Symington, Stuart, 1901-1988
Vinson, Carl, 1883-1981
Denfeld, Louis E. (Louis Emil), 1891-1972
Saltonstall, Leverett, 1892-1979
Tydings, Millard E. (Millard Evelyn), 1890-1961
Vandenberg, Hoyt Sanford, 1899-1954
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Credit:
Abbie Rowe
National Park Service

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
President Harry S. Truman is seated at his desk in the Oval Office, signing H.R. 5632, the National Security Act Amendments of 1949, which converted the National Military Establishment into a new Department of Defense and made other changes in the national security system. From left to right: Senator Virgil Chapman, unidentified (behind Chapman), Senator Richard Russell, Admiral Louis Denfelt, Senator Leverett Saltonstall (behind Denfeld), Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson (leaning over the desk), General Omar Bradley, General Hoyt Vandenberg, Congressman Dewey Short, Congressman Carl Vinson, Secretary of the Army Gordon Gray, Senator Millard Tydings, Secretary of the Air Force Stuart Symington, Under Secretary of Defense Stephen Early, and Secretary of the Navy Francis Matthews.
Date(s)
August 10, 1949