Griffith, Paul H. (Paul Howard), 1897-1974

Paul H. Griffith, Assistant Secretary of Defense, stands by a National Airlines airplane with unidentified man. Mr. Griffith is at right.

Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson is shown speaking at a podium in front of a huge portrait of himself, while Assistant Secretary of Defense and Past National American Legion Commander Paul H. Griffith reaches for something on the podium. The man on the far right is not identified.

Paul H. Griffith, Assistant Secretary of Defense, shown with a portrait of President Franklin D. Roosevelt which appears to be etched in marble.

Assistant Secretary of Defense Paul H. Griffith is shown at the Municipal Airport, Reading, Pennsylvania, with others not identified. Griffith is the fourth from the left.

Portrait of Paul H. Griffith, Assistant Secretary of Defense.

A portrait photo of Paul H. Griffith, Assistant Secretary of Defense, signed on the border, "To my friend and co-worker Ralph N. Stohl with best wishes and kind regards Paul H. Griffith Asst Sec. of Defense"

President Harry S. Truman (left) receives a bust from the American Legion. Presenting the bust to President Truman is Paul H. Griffith (center), the National Commander of the American Legion and the sculptor Charles Keck (right).

Assistant Secretary of Defense Paul Griffith arriving at the Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia, for the Joint Orientation Conference.

Brigadier General Paul H. Griffith, personal assistant to Under Secretary of War Louis Johnson and, as a member of the American Technical Mission to India, an Assistant to Mr. Johnson when he was the personal representative of the President in the Middle East, 1942. Served as Assistant Secretary of Defense, 1949-50.

Dinner at Shoreham by American Legion Honor Guard to give Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson the Legion Distinguished Service Medal. From left to right: Louis Renfrow, unidentified, General Harry Vaughan, Secretary of Defense Johnson, American Legion Commander Paul Griffith, and unidentified.