General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. OP. CROSSROADS

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General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. OP. CROSSROADS

1946

1) MCU SECNAV JAMES FORRESTAL and ADM BLANDY on bridge of Mt. McKINLEY (AGC-7), SECNAV congratulating ADM BLANDY.2) CU SECNAV, ADM BLANDY and GEN. KEPPNER (SV).

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National Archives at College Park

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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...

Blandy, William H. P. (William Henry Purnell), 1890-1954

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U.S. naval officer. From the description of Papers, 1913-1977. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 34149462 Naval officer. From the description of Papers of William H. P. Blandy, 1913-1977. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71072426 ...

Kepner, William E., 1893-1982

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William E. Kepner was a United States Army colonel, 1st Air Support Command; brigadier-general, 4th Tactical Air Command; and a major-general with the 4th Air Force, 8th Fighter Command, 2nd Air Division and 8th Air Force. From the description of William E. Kepner papers, 10 January 1975. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 47135092 William E. Kepner (b. 1893, Miami, Indiana-d. July 3, 1982), Lieutenant General in the U.S. Air Force, served in the Marine Corps...