General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. PRESIDENT EISENHOWER AND THE ARMED FORCES STAFF

Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k17x25 (person)

Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) was leader of the Allied forces in Europe in World War II, commander of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), and the thirty-fourth president of the United States, from January 20, 1953, to January 20, 1961. Eisenhower was born on October 14, 1890, in Denison, Texas, the third son of David Jacob Eisenhower, a railroad worker, and Ida Elizabeth Stover. In 1891, the family moved to Abilene, Kansas, where David accepted a job at a local creamery run by ...

Shepherd, Lemuel C. (Lemuel Cornick), 1896-1990

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j116g8 (person)

Lemuel Cornick Shepherd, Jr. (b. Feb. 10, 1896, Norfolk, Va.-d. Aug. 6, 1990), received his commission from the Virginia Military Institute in 1917. He reached the rank of brigadier general in July 1943, then major general in September 1944. He was commanding general of Fleet Marine Force Pacific from June 1950 to December 1951, then commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps from January 1952 until his retirement in January 1956. From the description of Shepherd, Lemuel C. (Lemuel Cornick)...

Twining, Nathan F. (Nathan Farragut), 1897-1982

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m91hp2 (person)

Air Force officer. From the description of Reminiscences of Nathan Farragut Twining: oral history, 1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122419971 U.S. Army and Air Force officer; later, publishing company executive. From the description of Papers of Nathan F. Twining, 1924-1960 (bulk 1950-1960). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81804920 Nathan Twining's military career began in 1916 as a member of the Third Oregon Infant...

Carney, Robert Bostwick, 1895-1990

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vq38dn (person)

Robert Bostwick Carney (1895-1990) was a naval officer, and Chief of Naval Operations from August 17, 1953 to August 17, 1955. From the description of Carney, Robert Bostwick, 1895-1990 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10576023 Naval officer. From the description of Reminiscences of Robert Bostwick Carney : oral history, 1964. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122481136 ...

Radford, Arthur William

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6br9ns3 (person)

Admiral, United States Navy; chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1953-1957. From the description of Arthur William Radford memoirs, 1972. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754871630 Arthur William Radford (1896-1973), naval officer, was born in Chicago, the son of John Arthur Radford, an electrical engineer, and Agnes Eliza Knight. Raised in Riverside, Ill., and Grinnell, Iowa, he entered the U.S. Naval Academy in 1912. After graduating in the upper third of his class in 1916, he ...

Ridgway, Matthew B. (Matthew Bunker), 1895-1993

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gt61kr (person)

General Matthew Bunker Ridgway (March 3, 1895 – July 26, 1993) was a senior officer in the United States Army, who served as Supreme Allied Commander Europe (1952–1953) and the 19th Chief of Staff of the United States Army (1953–1955). He fought with distinction during World War II, where he was the Commanding General of the 82nd Airborne Division, leading it in action in Sicily, Italy and Normandy, before taking command of the newly formed XVIII Airborne Corps in August 1944. He held the latter...

Anderson, Robert B. (Robert Bernerd), 1910-1989

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kd4pwp (person)

Robert Bernerd Anderson (1910-1989) was a lawyer, oil and gas developer, and U.S. government official who served as Secretary of the Navy from 1953 to 1954, as Deputy Secretary of Defense from 1954 to 1955, and as Secretary of the Treasury from 1957 to 1961. From the description of Anderson, Robert B. (Robert Bernard), 1910-1989 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10609651 Government official. From the description of Reminiscences of Robert...

Wilson, Charles Erwin, 1890-1961

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63b7h2z (person)