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Forrestal, James, 1892-1949

Truman with National Security Council

President Harry S. Truman with members of the National Security Council. From left to right, clockwise around the table: Assistant Secretary of the Air Force Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney; Secretary of the Army Kenneth Royall; Executive Secretary of the National Security Council Sidney Souers; National Security Resources Board Chairman Arthur M. Hill; Director of Central Intelligence Roscoe Hillenkoetter; Secretary of Defense James Forrestal; Secretary of State George C. Marshall; President Truman; Under Secretary of the Navy W. John Kenney. The two men seated at the back are Major General A.

Truman with National Security Council

President Harry S. Truman with members of the National Security Council. From left to right, clockwise around the table: Assistant Secretary of the Air Force Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney; Secretary of the Army Kenneth Royall; Executive Secretary of the National Security Council Sidney Souers; National Security Resources Board Chairman Arthur M. Hill; Director of Central Intelligence Roscoe Hillenkoetter; Secretary of Defense James Forrestal; Secretary of State George C. Marshall; President Truman; Under Secretary of the Navy W. John Kenney. The two men seated at the back are Major General A.

Truman with National Security Council

President Harry S. Truman with members of the National Security Council. From left to right, clockwise around the table: Assistant Secretary of the Air Force Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney; Secretary of the Army Kenneth Royall; Executive Secretary of the National Security Council Sidney Souers; National Security Resources Board Chairman Arthur M. Hill; Director of Central Intelligence Roscoe Hillenkoetter; Secretary of Defense James Forrestal; Secretary of State George C. Marshall; President Truman; Under Secretary of the Navy W. John Kenney. The two men seated at the back are Major General A.

Truman's cabinet at the airport to meet Gallegos

Various members of President Harry S. Truman's Cabinet at the Washington, D.C. airport to greet Venezuelan President Romulo Gallegos upon his arrival. From left to right: Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer, Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan, unidentified man in background, Attorney General Tom Clark, Nell (Mrs. Jesse M.) Donaldson, Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson, Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, and Secretary of Defense James Forrestal.

Truman leaving for west coast

President Harry S. Truman at Union Station in Washington, D. C. as he prepares to leave for his western trip to the west coast. L to R: Attorney General Tom Clark, Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan, Senator Scott Lucas, President Truman, Senator J. Howard McGrath (behind Truman, partly obscured), Secretary of State George Marshall, Secretary of Defense James Forrestal (shaking hands with the President). Other man unidentified.

Truman reviews Army Day parade

President Harry S. Truman seated at the reviewing stand for Army Day in Washington, D. C. Front row, left to right: Secretary of the Army Kenneth Royall, Secretary of Defense James Forrestal, President Harry S. Truman, and Vice Admiral Earle W. Mills. In the second row are Colonel Robert Landry, General Harry Vaughan (between Royall and Forrestal), and Admiral William D. Leahy (between Truman and Mills). All others are unidentified.