Naval officers

Admiral Chester Nimitz told Congress that he favored closer cooperation between the Army, the Navy and the State Department than existed at Pearl Harbor. However, he opposed an Army-Navy merger or the establishment of a separate Air Force. Reversing his stand of a year ago, Nimitz told the Senate Military Affairs Committee it was now his studied opinion that a merger of the Army and Navy "means at best no more advantages than we have now, at worst that the Navy, and the Command of the Seas so vital to our country, will suffer". From: Beth Gore

Admiral Nimitz is voicing his determined opposition to either a merger of the Army and Navy or the creation of an independent Air Force. He appeared before the Senate Military Affairs Committee. From: Beth Gore

Admiral Ernest J. King, Chief of Naval Operations, offers his congratulations to Admiral Chester Nimitz, who will take over King's post. From: Beth Gore

Admiral Chester Nimitz at the White House where President Harry S. Truman (left) decorated the Naval hero with the Gold Star in lieu of a third Distinguished Service Medal. Mrs. Nimitz is shown in center. From: Beth Gore.

The body of Vice Admiral John S. McCain is carried in full honor through Arlington National Cemetery where he was buried following services in Fort Myer Chapel. McCain died of battle fatigue following his return to this country from highly successful carrier aircraft supervision in the Pacific. From: Beth Gore.

Left to right, escorted by APG Deputy Commander Colonel M. C. Woodbury (far right) are: Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson, Secretary of the Navy Frances Matthews, Canadian Minister of National Defense Brooke Claxton, Secretary Frank Pace, Senator Homer Ferguson, and Admiral Forest P. Sherman. They are at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. From: The Album, The U. S. Air Force presents Aerial Firepower Demonstration.

President Harry S. Truman leaving the Army-Navy football game in 1945 with Admiral Ernest J. King (to the left of Mr. Truman) and Admiral William Leahy (to the right of Mr. Truman). From: A leather bound album of 21 8 x 10 photos of the Trumans attending the Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia in 1945. Gift of Walter Annenberg.

President Harry S. Truman (center) surrounded by reporters as he leaves the game upon its completion, accompanied by Admiral Ernest King (to the right of President Truman). The President spent the first half of the game in an Army box seat and the second half in the Navy stands. From a leather bound album of photos of the Trumans' attending the Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia in 1945.

President Harry S. Truman leaving the game upon its completion. Admirals William Leahy and Ernest King look on. The President spent the first half of the game in an Army box seat and the second half in the Navy stands. From a leather bound album of photos of the Trumans' attending the Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia in 1945.

President Harry S. Truman (center) waving his hat as he sits with Admiral William Leahy, Bess Truman, and Margaret Truman behind them. From a leather bound album of photos of the Trumans' attending the Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia in 1945.