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Apr 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.
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 .
- September 18, 1947
- the 80th United States Congress
- An Act to promote the national security by providing for a Secretary of Defense; for a National Military Establishment; for a Department of the Army, a Department of the Navy, a Department of the Air Force; and for the coordination of the activities of the National Military Establishment with other departments and agencies of the Government concerned with the national security.
- 50 U.S.C.: War and National Defense
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Nov 13, 2009 · President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act, which becomes one of the most important pieces of Cold War legislation.
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. (Truman Library, Accession Number 73-3205).
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 1949; The Chinese Revolution of 1949; NSC-68, 1950; Decolonization of Asia and Africa, 1945–1960; The Australia, New Zealand and United States Security Treaty (ANZUS Treaty), 1951; The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (The McCarran-Walter Act)
IC Legal Reference Book. Ref Book - 1947 National Security Act. Print. (Public Law 235 of July 26, 1947; 61 STAT. 496) An Act To promote the national security by providing for a Secretary of Defense; for a National Military Establishment; for a Department of the Army, a Department of the Navy, and a Department of the Air Force; and for the ...
Dec 3, 2021 · The National Security Act of 1947, which established the position of Secretary of Defense, did not carry provisions for a Deputy Secretary of Defense. k. Public Law 81-36, signed by President...
