Johnson, Louis Arthur, 1891-1966

On their visit to the Pentagon, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson (center) greets T/Sgt. William R. McLand (second from left), U. S. Air Force, Pope Air Force Base, Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, and twenty-eight other outstanding solders, sailors, airmen, and Marines, who are visiting Washington, D.C., from January 12 to 15, 1950, as guests of the Department of Defense. The identities of the other servicemen are unknown and were selected by their respective services from among enlisted personnel on the basis of leadership, conduct, bearing and initiative. The soldiers were selected from Ft.

A portrait photo of Louis Johnson, Secretary of Defense, autographed on the border, "To my co-worker Ralph N. Stohl - with high appreciation and every good wish, Louis Johnson Sept 18, 1950".

Studio portrait of Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson. Autographed outside border of photograph: "To my friend and co-worker Jim Webb-With appreciation and all good wishes Louis Johnson March 28, 1949"

Defense Secretary Louis Johnson greets Prime Minister Ali Khan of Pakistan. Pictured from left to right is Secretary Johnson, Prime Minister Ali Khan, and General Omar Bradley. From photograph album, "Visit of his Excellency Liaquat Ali Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan, to the United States of America, May 3 to May 26, 1950."

Louis Johnson, Secretary of Defense, is host to Prime Minister Nehru. From left, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson, Madam Vijaya Pandit. From album "Visit of his Excellency Jawaharlal Nehru Prime Minister of India to the United States of America"

President Harry S. Truman signing the Armed Forces Unification Bill with guests. From left to right, Senator Richard B. Russell, unidentified admiral, General Omar Nelson Bradley, Louis A. Johnson, General Hoyt Sanford Vandenberg, Senator Styles Bridges, unidentified male, unidentified male, Fred M. Vinson, Stuart Symington, Stephen T. Early, and John W. Snyder.

Portrait of Louis Johnson, President Harry S. Truman's Secretary of Defense. Original is oversized.

President Harry S. Truman meeting with his Cabinet. Around the table, from left to right: Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer; Vice-President Alben Barkley; Secretary of Labor Maurice Tobin; Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan; Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson; Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson; Secretary of State Dean Acheson; President Truman; Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder; Attorney General J. Howard McGrath.

President Harry S. Truman with selected Cabinet members. Front row, left to right: John Snyder, Dean Acheson, President Truman, Fred Vinson, James P. McGranery. Back row, left to right: Clinton Anderson, Tom Clark, Charles Brannan, Louis Johnson, George Marshall, Averell Harriman, Maurice Tobin, J. Howard McGrath, Oscar Chapman. Lower border of photograph is autographed by all men. Original is oversize. Duplicate is 58-474.

President Harry S. Truman (seated) is signing the National Security Act Amendment of 1949 with guests in the Oval Office. Standing, from left to right: unidentified; Senator Styles Bridges; Congressman Overton Brooks; Congressman Carl T.