Records of the U.S. Coast Guard, 1785 - 2005. Photographs of Activities, Facilities, and Personalities, 1939 - 1967. Exposition & Exhibits; Fish & Whales; Fishing Vessels; Fire FightingItem: Coast Guard Takes Security Forrestal to Southern France.

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Records of the U.S. Coast Guard, 1785 - 2005. Photographs of Activities, Facilities, and Personalities, 1939 - 1967. Exposition & Exhibits; Fish & Whales; Fishing Vessels; Fire FightingItem: Coast Guard Takes Security Forrestal to Southern France.

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This image depicts Navy Secretary James Forrestal going to witness the assault of the shores of Southern France.

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Forrestal, James, 1892-1949

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James Vincent Forrestal (February 15, 1892 – May 22, 1949) was the last Cabinet-level United States Secretary of the Navy and the first United States Secretary of Defense. Forrestal came from a very strict middle class Irish Catholic family. He was a successful financier on Wall Street before becoming Undersecretary of the Navy in 1940, shortly before the United States entered the Second World War. He became Secretary of the Navy in May 1944 upon the death of his superior, Frank Knox. Preside...