Armed forces officers

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.

General Hoyt S. Vandenberg being administered oath of office as Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force by Chief Justice Fred Vinson.

Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson (second from right) administers the oath of office as Secretary of the Air Force to Thomas K. Finletter.  Officials in attendance are, L to R: W. Stuart Symington, former Secretary of the Air Force; Secretary of State Dean Acheson; and General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Chief of Staff, USAF.

An unidentified officer stands in the doorway of the building (the home of the Pan American Airways station manager on Wake Island) selected for the historic face-to-face meeting between President Harry S. Truman and General Douglas MacArthur to discuss Korea and world peace. From: Earl & B.J. Greathouse, 4308 Piikea Place, Honolulu, HI 96818

President Harry S. Truman shakes hands with General Douglas MacArthur as he leaves the air field on Wake Island for a historic meeting on Korea and world peace--the first time the two met face to face. (See also 69-1199-A&B, 69-358, 68-1058, and 67-1434.) From: Earl & B.J. Greathouse.

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.

General Carl Spaatz and General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Army Chief of Staff, testified before the House Executive Expenditures Committee on Armed Services Unification. Spaatz described the legislation as a positive step toward prevention of war, while Eisenhower, appearing for the third time, reiterated that there was no intention of abolishing the Marine Corps. From: Beth Gore

Lt. General Ira Eaker, deputy commander of the Army Air Forces, telling the Senate Inter-State and Foreign Commerce Sub-Committee investigating air crashes that approximately 70 percent of military aviation accidents are due to pilot error. From: Beth Gore.