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President Harry S. Truman Signing National Security Act Amendment of 1949

58-443
Accession Number
58-443
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 345250293
Keywords
Legislation
Legislators
National security
Offices
Presidents
Rites and ceremonies
Signatures (Writing)
HST Keywords
Truman - Signing - National Security Act Amendment of 1949; National Security Act Amendment of 1949
People Pictured
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Bradley, Omar Nelson, 1893-1981
Bridges, Styles, 1898-1961
Brooks, Overton, 1897-1961
Chapman, Virgil Munday, 1895-1951
Denfeld, Louis E. (Louis Emil), 1891-1972
Durham, Carl Thomas, 1892-1974
Early, Stephen T. (Stephen Tyree), 1889-1951
Gray, Gordon, 1909-1982
Johnson, Louis Arthur, 1891-1966
Matthews, Francis Patrick, 1887-1952
Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard), 1897-1971
Saltonstall, Leverett, 1892-1979
Short, Dewey Jackson, 1898-1979
Symington, Stuart, 1901-1988
Tydings, Millard E. (Millard Evelyn), 1890-1961
Vandenberg, Hoyt Sanford, 1899-1954
Vinson, Carl, 1883-1981
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U.S. Air Force

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Description
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. Durham; Senator Virgil Chapman; unidentified; Senator Richard Russell; Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson (leaning on the desk); Admiral Louis Denfeld; Senator Leverett Saltonstall; General Omar Bradley (partly obscured); General Hoyt Vandenburg; Congressman Dewey Short; Congressman Carl Vinson; Secretary of the Army Gordon Gray (almost completely obscured); Senator Millard Tydings; Under Secretary of Defense Stephen Early; Secretary of the Air Force Stuart Symington; Secretary of the Navy Francis Matthews. Original is oversize.
Date(s)
August 10, 1949