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May 15, 2024 · National Security Act, U.S. military- and foreign-policy reform legislation, signed into law by Pres. Harry S. Truman in July 1947, which reorganized the structure of the U.S. armed forces following World War II. It created the office of Secretary of Defense to oversee the nation’s military.
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Jul 26, 2022 · President Harry S. Truman at his desk in the Oval Office signing H.R. 5632, the National Security Act Amendments of 1949, August 10, 1949. No photo is available of the signing of the original 1947 Act because Truman signed it while aboard the presidential aircraft.
President Harry S. Truman is signing the National Security Act Amendment of 1949 in the Oval Office.
Date (s) August 10, 1949. President Harry S. Truman is seated at his desk in the Oval Office, signing H.R. 5632, the National Security Act Amendments of 1949, which converted the National Military Establishment into a new Department of Defense and made other changes in the national security system.
Jul 12, 2020 · President Harry S. Truman made what he called the most difficult decision of his presidency —deploying combat troops to South Korea (it was not dropping atomic weapons)—during his early ...
President Truman signs the National Security Act Amendment of 1949. Secretary of Defense Louis A. Johnson leans over the desk. Behind him is Admiral Louis Denfeld , General Omar N. Bradley , and General Hoyt Vandenberg .
