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Joint Orientation Conference Held At Fort Benning, Georgia

70-3279
Accession Number
70-3279
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
Printer-Friendly Version
NAID 337952500
Related Collection
Matthews, Francis P. Papers
Keywords
Armed forces officers
Cabinet officers
Generals
Military bases
Naval officers
HST Keywords
Georgia - Fort Benning
People Pictured
Bradley, Omar Nelson, 1893-1981
Collins, J. Lawton (Joseph Lawton), 1896-1987
Johnson, Louis Arthur, 1891-1966
Matthews, Francis Patrick, 1887-1952
Sherman, Forrest P. (Forrest Percival), 1896-1951
Symington, Stuart, 1901-1988
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Description
A group of military and government official are shown seated together while attending a Joint Orientation Conference held at Fort Benning, Georgia on November 4-5, 1949. Identification includes left to right: General Omar N. Bradley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; W. Stuart Symington, Secretary of the Air Force; Vice Admiral Forrest P. Sherman, Chief of Naval Operations; Louis Johnson, with gun in hands, Secretary of Defense; J. Lawton Collins, Chief of Staff of the Army; and Francis P. Matthews, Secretary of the Navy. 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 1949