Gray, Gordon, 1909-1982

President Harry S. Truman at his desk in the Oval Office, signing the National Security Act Amendments of 1949 which converted the National Military Establishment into a new Department of Defense and made other changes in the national security system. Standing, from left to right: unidentified Army officer, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson (leaning on desk) General Omar Bradley (mostly obscured by Johnson), unidentified Army officer, Congressman Dewey Short, Congressman Carl Vinson, Secretary of the Army Gordon Gray, unidentified, Secretary of the Air Force Stuart Symington.

President Harry S. Truman is seated at his desk in the Oval Office, signing H.R. 5632, the National Security Act Amendments of 1949, which converted the National Military Establishment into a new Department of Defense and made other changes in the national security system.

Standing, left to right: Gordon Gray, Assistant Secretary of the Army; Lieutenant General J. Lawton Collins, Deputy Chief of Staff; Edwin W. Pauley, Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Army. Seated, left to right: General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Chief of Staff; Secretary of the Army Kenneth C. Royall, Major General William H. Draper, Under Secretary of the Army.

Mr. Gordon Gray (center), Secretary of the Army, departs the Little White House to return to Washington, D.C. The Secretary was met at the Naval Air Station in Key West (Boca Chica) by Rear Admiral Robert L. Dennison (left), and Major General Harry H. Vaughan (right). The Secretary arrived at the Little White House at 12:20 P.M., had lunch with the President at 1:00 P.M., conferred with the President in the north garden of the Little White House until 2:15 P.M. and at 2:35 P.M. departed the Little White House for Boca Chica.

Rear Admiral Robert Dennison, Secretary of the Army Gordon Gray and General Harry Vaughan in Key West, Florida. Same as 66-868. From: Album gift from Rear Admiral Robert Dennison.

Portrait of Secretary of the Army Gordon Gray; photograph is autographed to Col. Francis Williams who was the pilot of Air Force One.

Gen. Omar Bradley swears in his successor, Gen. J. Lawton Collins (right), as the new Army Chief of Staff. Among those present are L to R, second row: Deputy Secretary of Defense Stephen Early; Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Chief of Staff; Adm. Louis E. Denfeld, Chief of Naval Operations; Secretary of the Army Gordon Gray; Mrs. Collins.

Frank Pace, Jr., (right), is sworn into office as the new Secretary of the Army by Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson (left), as witnessed by Left to Right, background: Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder; Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson; former Secretary of the Army Gordon Gray and Secretary of State Dean Acheson (barely visible).

Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson (left) swears in General Omar Bradley (right) as the first Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Among those present are left to right, background: Dan A. Dimball (partially obscured), Under Secretary of the Navy; W. Stuart Symington, Secretary of the Air Force; Gen. Lawton Collins, Vice Chief of Staff; General Hoyt Vandenberg, Chief of Staff; Mrs. Bradley; Gordon Gray, Secretary of the Army; Stephen Early, Deputy Secretary of Defense.

Four men in an automobile, possibly waiting for the arrival of President Harry S. Truman to Wake Forest College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Those who can be identified are Gordon Gray, Director of the Psychological Strategy Board (back seat, passenger side); and Dr. Harold W. Tribble, President, Wake Forest College (back seat, driver's side). From: Gordon Gray.