U.S. Army

President Harry S. Truman and Vice President Alben Barkley on the inaugural reviewing stand. Original photograph is in a photo album of inaugural events.

President Harry S. Truman in limousine, enroute to Capitol for inaugural ceremonies - similar to 64-1-44. In back seat of car, left to right: President Truman, Senator Carl Hayden, and Congressman John McCormack. Original photograph is in a photo album of inaugural events.

Autographed portrait of President Harry S. Truman, same as 58-486 only signed by President Truman at bottom on matte.

Louis Johnson (left) is sworn in as Secretary of Defense by Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson as retiring Secretary of Defense James V. Forrestal (center) looks on.

Gen. Omar Bradley swears in his successor, Gen. J. Lawton Collins (right), as the new Army Chief of Staff. Among those present are L to R, second row: Deputy Secretary of Defense Stephen Early; Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Chief of Staff; Adm. Louis E. Denfeld, Chief of Naval Operations; Secretary of the Army Gordon Gray; Mrs. Collins.

Frank Pace, Jr., (right), is sworn into office as the new Secretary of the Army by Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson (left), as witnessed by Left to Right, background: Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder; Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson; former Secretary of the Army Gordon Gray and Secretary of State Dean Acheson (barely visible).

Dr. Vannevar Bush (left) is sworn in as Chairman of the Research and Development Board by Major General Thomas Green, Judge Advocate General, United States of America.

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.

Members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff meet in their conference room at the Pentagon. Left to Right: General Omar N. Bradley, Chairman JCS; Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, USAF; Gen. J. Lawton Collins, USA; and Adm. Forrest P. Sherman USN.

Robert A. Lovett (right), receives the oath of office as Deputy Secretary of Defense from Felix E. Larkin (left), General Counsel, Department of Defense. Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall (second from left), and Mr. and Mrs. David S. Brown, daughter and son-in-law of Mr. Lovett, look on.