U.S. Air Force

Assistant Secretary of Defense Paul H. Griffith is shown at the Municipal Airport, Reading, Pennsylvania, with others not identified. Griffith is the fourth from the left.

James E. Webb, NASA head, is shown on the far right, with others, during a trip to the Arnold Engineering Development Center in Tennessee.

11x13 color mounted to an overall size of 16x19 showing the United States Air Force Thunderbird jets in formation. Inscribed and signed on the mat, "To President Harry S. Truman - with admiration and sincere best wishes. The U.S.A.F. "Thunderbirds" April 1960." Each member of the team has then signed their name. Original is in oversize file.

W. Stuart Symington, former Assistant Secretary of War for Air (1946-47) is shown taking the oath of office as Secretary of the Air Force from Chief Justice Fred Vinson. Left to right are: Mr. Symington, Secretary of the Army Kenneth C. Royall; Secretary of Defense James N. Forrestal; Chief Justice Fred Vinson; and Secretary of the Navy John L. Sullivan.

Portrait of John A. McCone, Under Secretary of the Air Force.

Portrait of W. Stuart Symington, Secretary of the Air Force who later became a Senator from Missouri.

Portrait of Thomas K. Finletter, Secretary of the Air Force from 1950-53.

Paul H. Griffith, Assistant Secretary of Defense, presents the Legion of Merit to Colonel Sidney S. Rubenstein during a Pentagon ceremony on October 20, 1950.

President Harry S. Truman signing a proclamation making August 1st Army Air Force Day. L-R: General James H. Doolittle (seated), President of the Air Force Association; Lieutenant General Hoyt S. Vandenberg (standing), Deputy Commander Army Air Force; President Truman (seated); Major General Lauris Norstad (standing), Director of Plans and Operations, War Department, General Staff; W. Stuart Symington (seated), Assistant Secretary of War for Air.

President Harry S. Truman (seated) is signing the National Security Act Amendment of 1949 with guests in the Oval Office. Standing, from left to right: unidentified; Senator Styles Bridges; Congressman Overton Brooks; Congressman Carl T.