U.S. Navy

Navy Under Secretary Francis P. Whitehair (center) inspects the Marine Guard at Naval Air Station JAX, Jacksonville, Florida.

Navy Under Secretary Francis P. Whitehair (right) shown with unidentified Naval officer and others in Chincoteague, Virginia.

Navy Under Secretary Francis P. Whitehair (right) shown with unidentified Naval officers in Chincoteague, Virginia.

Portrait of Francis P. Whitehair, Under Secretary of the Navy.

The Honorable Francis P. Whitehair, Under Secretary of the Navy, stands with hat over his heart.

Portrait of Francis P. Whitehair, Under Secretary of the Navy.

The USS Missouri at Chong Jin, Korea, firing a 16' salvo in an effort to cut northern Korean communications. Chong Jin is only 39 miles from Soviet border.

Portrait of Vice Admiral F. C. Denebrink inscribed "For Under Secretary of the Navy Francis P. Whitehair whose support of MSTS was a source of encouragement and strength. F. M. Denebrink, Vice Admiral 1953."

Group portrait taken at the Navy Secretariat Alumni Meeting, The Pentagon, Washington, D. C. Seated (left to right): Dan A. Kimball, John L. Sullivan, Fred Korth, Secretary of the Navy Paul H. Nitze, Robert H. B. Baldwin, William B. Franke. Standing (left to right): Cecil P. Milne, Norman J. Ream, Charles F. Baird, Garrison Norton, James H. Smith, Jr., Robert A. Frosch, Herbert Askins, John T. Koehler, John F. Floberg, James H. Wakelin, Jr., Richard A. Beaumont, J. Sinclair Armstrong, W. John Kenney, John Nicholas Brown, Graeme C. Bannerman, Raymond H. Fogler.

The destroyer, USS Sarsfield, docked at Key West, Florida, preparing to pick up President Harry S. Truman and his vacation party for cruise to the Dry Tortugas Islands. All are unidentified.