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Louis Johnson greets William R. McLand along with other service personnel

97-1749 (untitled)
Accession Number
97-1749
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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Related Collection
Stohl, Ralph N. Papers
Keywords
Cabinet officers
Marines
Sailors
Soldiers
People Pictured
Johnson, Louis Arthur, 1891-1966
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U.S. Army

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Description
On their visit to the Pentagon, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson (center) greets T/Sgt. William R. McLand (second from left), U. S. Air Force, Pope Air Force Base, Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, and twenty-eight other outstanding solders, sailors, airmen, and Marines, who are visiting Washington, D.C., from January 12 to 15, 1950, as guests of the Department of Defense. The identities of the other servicemen are unknown and were selected by their respective services from among enlisted personnel on the basis of leadership, conduct, bearing and initiative. The soldiers were selected from Ft. Bragg, North Carolina; the sailors from the Atlantic Fleet; the airmen from Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina; and the Marines from the Marine Corps School, Quantico, Virginia.
Date(s)
January 13, 1950