Military education

President Harry S. Truman reviews the Brigade of Midshipmen during his visit to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. Front row (from left to right): Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal; President Truman; Vice Admiral Aubrey W. Fitch, Superintendent of the Naval Academy; and Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy. Second row (from left to right): Major General Harry H. Vaughan; Captain James H. Foskett, Presidential Naval Aide; Captain Jesse R. Wallace, Chief of Staff, Severn River Naval Command; and Captain William R. Smedberg, Aide to Secretary Forestall.

President Harry S. Truman watches a Drum and Bugle Corps during the noon meal formation in front of Bancroft Hall during his visit to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. President Truman is located in the center of the picture on the steps, in front of a light pole. Also present is Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal (third from right of President Truman), General Harry Vaughan (behind Forrestal, mostly obscured), Admiral William Leahy (fifth from President Truman), and Press Secretary Charles Ross (next to Admiral Leahy). All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman reviews a Brigade of Midshipmen with Naval officers during his visit to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. Front row (left to right): Vice Admiral Aubrey W. Fitch, Superintendent of the Naval Academy; and President Truman. Second row (left to right): Major General Harry H. Vaughan, Presidential Military Aide; Captain James H. Foskett, Presidential Military Aid; and Captain Jesse R. Wallace, Chief of Staff, Severn River Naval Command. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman reviews a Brigade during his visit to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. Front row (left to right): Midshipman J. D. Langston, Brigade Captain; Vice Admiral Aubrey W. Fitch, Superintendent of the Naval Academy, and President Truman. Second row (left to right): Major General Harry H. Vaughan, Presidential Military Aide; Captain James H. Foskett (partially obscured), Presidential Military Aid; and Captain Jesse R. Wallace, Chief of Staff, Severn River Naval Command. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman in a speech today before a Joint Session of Congress, called for one year of military training as opposed to military service, for every male American. The training would begin at 18 years of age or upon graduation from high school. The President said that although the U. S. will use all it's moral influence to maintain the peace, the nation must face the fact that peace must be built on power as well as good will. Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn is at right in background.

President Harry S. Truman accepts an invitation to speak at the United States Military Academy at West Point on May 20, 1952. From left to right: President Harry S. Truman, General J. Lawton Collins, Cadet First Captain Gordon Carpenter, Major General Frederick A. Irving, West Point Academy Superintendent, and Secretary of the Army Frank Pace.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace speaking at the Sesquicentennial celebrations at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace and others review the cadets at a parade during the Sesquicentennial Ceremonies at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. All are unidentified.

Interior view of an unidentified young man seated at a desk with a pipe in his mouth. A military uniform jacket is visible on the right hanging on a peg and a fireplace can be seen behind the man. Photograph may have been taken while Charles W. Thayer was a student at West Point Military Academy in the early 1930s. Original negative in Library.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (right) is greeted by Brigadier General Arthur Trudeau (left), Acting Commandant of the Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, upon the occasion of Secretary Pace's lecture to the students of the Army War College.