Forrestal, James, 1892-1949

Members of President Harry S. Truman's Cabinet ride in cars during the Inaugural parade. In the car on the left are Secretary of Defense James Forrestal and Josephine Forrestal. In the car in the center are Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder and Evlyn Snyder. All others are unidentified. Donor: Jerrold Gilbert.

President Harry S. Truman talks with Secretary of State George Marshall (left) and Secretary of Defense James Forrestal (right) as they leave the White House. From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman (seated center) is flanked by members of a 12-man commission engaged in a study to increase the efficiency of the Executive Branch of the government. Front, L to R: George H. Mead, Dayton, Ohio; former President Herbert Hoover; President Truman; Joseph P. Kennedy; and Senator John J. McClellan (D-Arkansas). Rear, L to R: Representative Clarence J. Brown (R-O); Secretary of Defense James V. Forrestal; Arthur S. Flemming, Civil Service Commission; Secretary of State Dean Acheson; James Rowe; and Representative Carter Manasco (D-Alabama). From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman holds the original surrender document signed by the Japanese dignitaries aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945. Standing from left to right are: Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, Secretary of War Henry Stimson, General George C. Marshall, and President Truman. Others in the background are unidentified.

Vice President Harry S. Truman being sworn in as President, after President Franklin D. Roosevelt died. Left to right: Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins; Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson; Secretary of Commerce Henry A. Wallace; Secretary of the Navy James A. Forrestal; Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard; Attorney General Francis X. Biddle; Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr.; and Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes. In foreground, Harry S. Truman takes the oath of office with Bess Truman in center and Justice Harlan Stone at right.

President Harry S. Truman poses for photographers with his luncheon guests while on vacation in Key West, Florida. Seated in the front row from left to right are Secretary of Defense James Forrestal, President Harry S. Truman, and Senator Claude Pepper. Standing in the back row from left to right are Mr. Fitzpatrick, Governor Fuller Warren, Representative George Smathers, Mr. Griffin, and Mr. Hicks.

Members of President Harry S. Truman's Cabinet leave the White House following an official ceremony welcoming President Miguel Aleman of Mexico. From left to right: Secretary of State George Marshall, Secretary of the Navy James Forestall, and Secretary of War Robert Patterson. Others in the background are unidentified.

From left to right, Secretary of the Defense James Forrestal, Attorney General Tom Clark and President Harry S. Truman share a laugh after the President arrived home at the National Airport from a vacation trip to Key West, Florida.

President Harry S. Truman poses for photographers with his luncheon guests while on vacation in Key West, Florida. Seated in the front row from left to right are Secretary of Defense James Forrestal, President Harry S. Truman, and Senator Claude Pepper. Standing in the back row from left to right are Mr. Fitzpatrick, Governor Fuller Warren, Representative George Smathers, Mr. Griffin, and Mr. Hicks.

The Cabinet members meet with President Harry S. Truman and his family outside the White House to accompany him to Capitol Hill as he delivers the State of the Union address. From left to right, Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, Attorney General Tom Clark, Secretary of War Robert Patterson, Secretary of State James Byrnes, Bess Wallace Truman, President Truman, Margaret Truman, Secretary of Treasury John Snyder, Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug, Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson, Secretary of Commerce Averell Harriman, and Secretary of Labor Lewis Schwellenbach.