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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.

The United States delegation to the United Nations signs the charter at the meeting in San Francisco, California. President Harry S. Truman (second from left) looks on as Secretary of State Edward Stettinius Jr. (third from left) signs the document. The flags of countries around the world circle the room. Others on the right are unidentified.

This scene includes a partial view of what appears to be a Gray Line sightseeing bus filled with U.S. Navy personnel 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 seen on the far left standing with various U.S. Navy officers and personnel. He is on an inspection tour visit to the U.S. Naval Shipyard at San Francisco, California. An unidentified ship is in view in the background.

Secretary of the Navy Francis P. Matthews is seen in the center arriving for an inspection tour visit to the U.S. Naval shipyard at San Francisco, California. Naval soldiers are in salute and Naval officers are directly behind Secretary Matthews.

Dockside view taken during an inspection tour visit of Secretary of the Navy Francis P. Matthews at the U.S. Naval Shipyard located at San Francisco, California. Ships can be seen in dock with sailors on board and a band and honor guard is at attention on the dock. It looks like Secretary Matthews is greeting officers on the center far left of the photograph.

Overall banquet view of the head table and those attending the Military Chaplain's Association twentieth annual convention held at the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, California. Principal speakers at the dinner included Secretary of the Navy, Francis P. Matthews, who is seated at back table behind the microphone and General Mark W. Clark, Chief of the Army Field Forces who is seated second to the right of Secretary Matthews.

A group of military and government official are shown seated together while attending a Joint 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; W. Stuart Symington, Secretary of the Air Force; Vice Admiral Forrest P. Sherman, Chief of Naval Operations; Louis Johnson, with gun in hands, Secretary of Defense; J. Lawton Collins, Chief of Staff of the Army; and Francis P. Matthews, Secretary of the Navy.

A group of invited individuals are shown having just departed from a United States Air Force airplane. They include left to right: General Omar N. Bradley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Louis Johnson, Secretary of Defense; unidentified; Francis P. Matthews, Secretary of the Navy; and W. Stuart Symington, Secretary of the Air Force. They are attending a Joint Orientation Conference held at Fort Benning, Georgia on November 4-5, 1949.

President Harry S. Truman, left, accompanied by Secretary of Defense Louis A. Johnson on the right and Major General Withers A. Burress, Commanding General of the Infantry Center in the middle, pass through a honor guard of Third Infantry Division troops while visiting Fort Benning, Georgia. Photograph is part of a scrapbook identified as "The Infantry Center, Fort Benning, Ga., 21 April 1950. Visit of Harry S. Truman, President of the United States."