Forrestal, James, 1892-1949

President Harry S. Truman Receives a model of a ship in the Oval Office of the White House. From left to right: unidentified, President Truman, Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, and Admiral Ernest King.

A portrait of Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal. This portrait is part of the album, "The Cabinet - December 25, 1946."

President Harry S. Truman is standing outside the White House with Congressional Medal of Honor recipients (front row) and their family members. From left to right, front row: Major Everett P. Pope, Private Gino J. Merli, Laurett Graham (niece of Lieutenant Rouh), Private First Class Luther Skaggs, Jr., and Lieutenant Carlton Rouh. Left to right, second row: unknown, General George Marshall, President Truman, General Alexander A. Vandegrift, Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal. All others are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

Dignitaries are applauding during Medal of Honor presentation ceremony in the East Room of the White House: (front row, from left to right) Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal; Secretary of War Henry Stimson; unidentified man; General George C. Marshall; Fleet Admiral William Leahy; General Henry "Hap" Arnold. Behind General Arnold is General Omar Bradley. All others are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman (left) awards Private First Class Luther Skaggs, Jr. the Congressional Medal of Honor as Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal (left) and others look on. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman (left) holds a press conference, officially announcing the end of the war in Europe after Germany's unconditional surrender. Behind the President is: Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, Appointment Secretary Matthew Connelly (standing), Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, Senator Kenneth McKellar, Administrative Assistant Eddie McKim, Press Secretary Stephen Early (standing), Jonathan Daniels, Attorney General Francis Biddle, and Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins (in black hat). All others are unidentified.

This is an official photo of President Harry S. Truman and his Cabinet. Seated around the table from left to right, are: Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug, Secretary of Commerce Averell Harriman, Federal Works Administrator Philip Fleming, Assistant to the President John Steelman, Secretary of Labor Lewis Schwellenbach, Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson, Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson, Secretary of Defense James Forrestal, Secretary of State George C. Marshall, President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, and Attorney General Tom C. Clark.

President Harry S. Truman and members of his family and Cabinet are leaving for the Capitol building to attend President Truman's State of the Union address to Congress. From left to right, are: Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, Attorney General Tom C. Clark, Secretary of War Robert Patterson, Secretary of State James Byrnes, First Lady Bess W.

This official Cabinet photograph is signed by all those pictured. Seated from left to right around the table are: Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug, Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer, Vice President Alben Barkley, Secretary of Labor Maurice Tobin, Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan, Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson, Secretary of Defense James Forrestal, Secretary of State Dean Acheson, President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, and Attorney General Tom C. Clark. This photo is from the album "The President and his Cabinet," from John W. Snyder.

Dr. Edwin G. Nourse, head of the President's Special Economic Advisory Council, reports to the Cabinet that rationing and price controls are essential to the success of the food conservation program through which the United States is called upon to aid starving Europe. In the front row, from left to right, pictured are Acting Secretary of State Robert Lovett, Secretary of Defense James Forrestal, President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, and Attorney General Tom C. Clark.