This collection focuses on the Truman Administration's effort to restructure the United States armed forces, create the Department of Defense, the United States Air Force, and the National Security Council. These efforts worked to revamp the national security bureaucracy after the experiences of World War II.
President Truman's Fight to Unify the Armed Services
Documents
1946
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White House Press Release, Address of President Harry S. Truman at Army Day, April 5, 1946 (NAID: 284838291)
Part of:
- Collection: White House Press Release Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 560197)
- Series: White House Press Releases, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 560198)
- File Unit: April 1946 (NAID: 23812607)
1947
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White House Press Release, State of the Union Message from President Harry S. Truman, January 6, 1947 (NAID: 284839454)
Part of:
- Collection: White House Press Release Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 560197)
- Series: White House Press Releases, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 560198)
- File Unit: January 1947 (NAID: 23812714)
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Act of July 26, 1947 ("National Security Act"), Public Law 80-253, 61 STAT 495, "to promote the national security by providing for a Secretary of Defense; for a National Military Establishment; for a Department of the Army, a Department of the Navy, a Department of the Air Force; and for the coordination of the activities of the National Military Establishment with other departments and agencies of the Government concerned with the national security., July 26, 1947 (NAID: 299856)
Part of:
- recordGroup: General Records of the United States Government, 1778 - 2006 (NAID: 340)
- Series: Enrolled Acts and Resolutions of Congress, 1789 - 2014 (NAID: 299811)
1949
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Act of August 10, 1949 (National Security Act Amendments of 1949), Public Law 81-216, 63 STAT 578, reorganizing fiscal management in the National Military Establishment to promote economy and efficiency., August 10, 1949 (NAID: 299860)
Part of:
- recordGroup: General Records of the United States Government, 1778 - 2006 (NAID: 340)
- Series: Enrolled Acts and Resolutions of Congress, 1789 - 2014 (NAID: 299811)