Vandenberg, Hoyt Sanford, 1899-1954

Joint Chiefs of Staff, left to right: Forrest Sherman, Navy; Omar N. Bradley, Chairman; Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Air Force; J. Lawton Collins, Army.

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.

A group of military and government officials are shown seated together while attending a fifth Joint Civilian 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; Stuart Symington, Secretary of the Air Force; Admiral Forrest P. Sherman, Chief of Naval Operations; Louis Johnson (holding gun), Secretary of Defense; General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Air Force Chief of Staff; and Secretary of the Navy Francis P. Matthews.

President Harry S. Truman visits Andrews Air Force Base to attend the Air Progress Demonstration. From left: General Lawrence Kuter, President Harry S. Truman, General Harry Vaughan, Secretary of the Air Force Stuart Symington, General Robert Landry, Colonel David Schilling, and General Hoyt Vandenberg. All others in the background are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman attends Air Progress Demonstration at Andrews Air Force Base. From left: Colonel David Schilling, General Hoyt Vandenberg, President Harry S. Truman, Admiral Robert Dennison (in background), and General Robert Landry. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman looks through his binoculars at airplanes flying overhead during the Air Progress Demonstration at Andrews Air Force Base. Standing up is General Hoyt Vandenberg. Seated behind President Truman, in the military hat is General Omar Bradley. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman visits Andrews Air Force Base for an Air Progress Demonstration. From left: General Laurence Kuter, General Robert Landry, President Truman, General Harry Vaughan, Secretary Stuart Symington, and General Hoyt Vandenberg .All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (center, with binoculars) visits Andrews Air Force Base for an Air Progress Demonstration. Walking on President Truman's left are: General Hoyt Vandenberg (behind Landry), General Robert Landry, and Colonel David Schilling. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, left) presents the Distinguished Service Medal (3rd Oak Leaf Cluster) to General Carl Spaatz (foreground, center), United States Air Force, for exceptionally notorious and distinguished service as Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force. Standing from left to right behind the President and General Spaatz are: General Robert Landry, unidentified military officer, Secretary of the Navy John L. Sullivan, Mrs. Spaatz and family, Secretary of Air Force Stuart Symington, Admiral William D. Leahy, General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, and General Omar N. Bradley.

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, left) awards the Distinguished Service Medal (3rd Oak Leaf Cluster) to General Carl Spaatz, United States Air Force (foreground, center). Left to right: Mrs. Spaatz and family, Secretary of the Air Force Stuart Symington, Admiral William D. Leahy, General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, and General Omar N. Bradley. All others are unidentified.