Kimball, Dan Able, 1896-1970

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace meets with members of the Armed Forces Policy Council. First row, left to right: Secretary of the Navy Dan Kimball, Deputy Secretary of Defense William C. Foster, Secretary of Defense Robert A. Lovett, Secretary Pace, and Secretary of the Air Force Thomas K. Finletter. Back row left to right: Admiral William M. Fechteler, General L. C. Shepherd, Jr., General Omar Bradley, General J. Lawton Collins, General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, and Colonel G. V. Underwood, Jr.

Armistice Day at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and Secretary of the Navy Dan Kimball gives a salute. He had placed a wreath on behalf of President Harry S. Truman. Spectators filled Arlington National Cemetery to witness the event. Spectators are allowed behind the guard only. Donor: John E. Boos.

Navy Secretary Dan Kimball (left) and Navy Under Secretary Francis P. Whitehair (right), seated, with two unidentified men.

Navy Under Secretary Francis P. Whitehair (second from left) and Navy Secretary Dan Kimball (third from left) with unidentified men in office.

Group portrait taken at the Navy Secretariat Alumni Meeting, The Pentagon, Washington, D. C. Seated (left to right): Dan A. Kimball, John L. Sullivan, Fred Korth, Secretary of the Navy Paul H. Nitze, Robert H. B. Baldwin, William B. Franke. Standing (left to right): Cecil P. Milne, Norman J. Ream, Charles F. Baird, Garrison Norton, James H. Smith, Jr., Robert A. Frosch, Herbert Askins, John T. Koehler, John F. Floberg, James H. Wakelin, Jr., Richard A. Beaumont, J. Sinclair Armstrong, W. John Kenney, John Nicholas Brown, Graeme C. Bannerman, Raymond H. Fogler.

Honors just before President Harry S. Truman and his party leave the United States Naval Academy. Standing from left to right are: General Harry Vaughan; Admiral Robert Dennison; President Harry S. Truman; and Secretary of the Navy Dan Kimball. All others are unidentified. From: Harry H. Vaughan.

President Harry S. Truman with members of his party in the grandstand at Army-Navy track and field meet. Seated in box, from left to right: General Harry Vaughan; Secretary of the Navy Dan Kimball, Admiral Robert Dennison, President Truman, and Press Secretary Joseph Short. All others are unidentified. From: Harry H. Vaughan.

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.