Armed forces officers

A group of military and government officials are shown seated together while attending a fifth Joint Civilian Orientation Conference held at Fort Benning, Georgia on November 4-5, 1949. Identification includes left to right: General Omar N. Bradley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Stuart Symington, Secretary of the Air Force; Admiral Forrest P. Sherman, Chief of Naval Operations; Louis Johnson (holding gun), Secretary of Defense; General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Air Force Chief of Staff; and Secretary of the Navy Francis P. Matthews.

A group of men and women are shown seated who were among some of the 6,000 Army, Navy, and civilian spectators who attended the dedication of the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl Cemetery). Secretary of the U.S. Navy Francis P. Matthews gave the principal address.

This scene includes a partial view of a Gray Line sightseeing bus filled with U.S. Navy personnel and others taken during an inspection tour visit of Secretary of the Navy Francis P. Matthews to the U.S. Naval Shipyard at San Francisco, California. Secretary Matthews is seated in civilian clothes directly behind the bus driver. Other Navy officers in view are not identified.

This scene includes a partial view of a Gray Line sightseeing bus filled with U.S. Navy personnel and others taken during an inspection tour visit of Secretary of the Navy Francis P. Matthews to the U.S. Naval Shipyard at San Francisco, California. Secretary Matthews is seated in civilian clothes directly behind the bus driver. Other Navy officers in view are not identified.

Secretary of the Navy Francis P. Matthews is shown in the center of the photograph standing in the midst of a group of U.S. Navy officers. He is on an inspection tour visit of the U.S. Naval Shipyard at San Francisco, California. The officers in view are not identified.

Portrait of 35th Division Association President Peter E. Traub. Donor: Mrs. Ralph Truman.

Portrait of 35th Division Association President William M. Wright. Donor: Mrs. Ralph Truman.

Portrait of the 35th Division Association President Charles I. Martin. Donor: Mrs. Ralph Truman.

A portrait of 35th Division Association President Edmund J. McMahon. Donor: Mrs. Ralph Truman.

Portrait of Civil War General Samuel Ryan Curtis. Donor: Milton F. Perry.