Marx Leva Papers, 1938 - 1991. Photographs, 1943 - 1985.

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Marx Leva Papers, 1938 - 1991. Photographs, 1943 - 1985.

1943 - 1985

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/70647344

These photographs were assembled by Marx Leva, who was a lawyer and a United States Naval Reserves officer in World War II. He became Special Assistant to Secretary of Defense James Forrestal, then General Counsel of the Department of Defense, and then Assistant Secretary of Defense under President Harry Truman. The series contains portraits of numerous government and military figures he worked with throughout his career, including Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, James Forrestal, Kenneth Royall, Louis A. Johnson, George C. Marshall, Omar Bradley, Robert Jefferson Wood, Gordon Gray, Robert Lovett, Wilton Burton "Jerry" Persons, Stephen T. Early, Supreme Court Justice Hugo L. Black, Representative Samuel F. Hobbs of Alabama, and Harold R. Fleck. Some others who appear in photographs in the series are his wife, Shirley Pearlman Leva; Mamie Doud Eisenhower; and Joint Chiefs of Staff Forrest Sherman, Hoyt Vandenberg, and J. Lawton Collins (with Chairman Omar Bradley). The material covered includes Landing Ship Tank (LST) 386, a tank landing ship that was altered to accommodate small aircraft; Leva’s swearing-in as Assistant Secretary of Defense; aircraft carriers and other varied military subjects; functions of the Jewish War Veterans of the USA; and numerous snapshots of the 1953 Inaugural Parade.

1 linear foot, 3 linear inches

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Dwight D. Eisenhower Library

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Dwight D. Eisenhower Library

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