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Military and Government Officials Arriving At Fort Benning, Georgia

70-3277
Accession Number
70-3277
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
Printer-Friendly Version
NAID 337952496
Related Collection
Matthews, Francis P. Papers
Keywords
Airplanes, Military
Armed forces
Armed forces officers
Cabinet officers
Generals
Military bases
Air bases
HST Keywords
Georgia - Fort Benning
People Pictured
Bradley, Omar Nelson, 1893-1981
Johnson, Louis Arthur, 1891-1966
Matthews, Francis Patrick, 1887-1952
Symington, Stuart, 1901-1988
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Description
A group of invited individuals are shown having just departed from a United States Air Force airplane. They include left to right: General Omar N. Bradley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Louis Johnson, Secretary of Defense; unidentified; Francis P. Matthews, Secretary of the Navy; and W. Stuart Symington, Secretary of the Air Force. They are attending a Joint Orientation Conference held at Fort Benning, Georgia on November 4-5, 1949. Photograph is part of a scrapbook identified as "The Infantry School, Fort Benning, Ga., 4-5 November 1949, Joint Orientation Conference." Scrapbook includes a list of those attending as well as the itinerary for the conference and this information is filed with the photographs.
Date(s)
November 4, 1949