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Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson swears in General Omar Bradley as the First Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

97-1885
Accession Number
97-1885
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 350899828
Related Collection
Stohl, Ralph N. Papers
Keywords
Armed forces officers
Cabinet officers
HST Keywords
Bradley, Mrs. Omar
People Pictured
Bradley, Omar Nelson, 1893-1981
Collins, J. Lawton (Joseph Lawton), 1896-1987
Early, Stephen T. (Stephen Tyree), 1889-1951
Gray, Gordon, 1909-1982
Johnson, Louis Arthur, 1891-1966
Kimball, Dan Able, 1896-1970
Symington, Stuart, 1901-1988
Vandenberg, Hoyt Sanford, 1899-1954
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U.S. Army

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Description
Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson (left) swears in General Omar Bradley (right) as the first Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Among those present are left to right, background: Dan A. Dimball (partially obscured), Under Secretary of the Navy; W. Stuart Symington, Secretary of the Air Force; Gen. Lawton Collins, Vice Chief of Staff; General Hoyt Vandenberg, Chief of Staff; Mrs. Bradley; Gordon Gray, Secretary of the Army; Stephen Early, Deputy Secretary of Defense.
Date(s)
August 16, 1949