This page features pictures of Senior U.S. Navy Commanders meeting in the United States and in the Korean War Zone from June into September 1950. It also provides a link to views of one of the crucial high command meetings of the year: The Joint Chiefs of Staff Meet with General MacArthur, August 1950.
For links to more pictures of the first months of the Korean
War, see:
For a precis of our Korean War images, and links to more
comprehensive pictorial coverage of other aspects of that conflict,
see:
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."
Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.
Photo #: 80-G-416423 USS Rochester (CA-124) Senior U.S. and British naval officers confer on board Rochester, flagship of the U.S. Seventh Fleet, during the early days of the Korean War. The original photograph is dated 1 July 1950. Those present are (from left to right): Captain A.D. Torlesse, RN, Commanding Officer of HMS Triumph; Rear Admiral John M. Hoskins, USN, Commander, Carrier Group, Seventh Fleet; Vice Admiral Arthur D. Struble, USN, Commander, Seventh Fleet; and Rear Admiral Sir William G. Andrewes, RN, Commander, British Commonwealth Forces. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 107KB; 740 x 605 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 80-G-707930 Rear Admiral Edward C. Ewen, USN, Commander Carrier Division One, (left), Vice Admiral Arthur D. Struble, USN, Commander Seventh Fleet, (center) and Rear Admiral John M. Hoskins, USN, Commander Carrier Division Three Pose with a World globe, while conferring aboard a Seventh Fleet ship, circa August-December 1950. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 136KB; 740 x 625 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 80-G-427790 Admiral Forrest P. Sherman, Chief of Naval Operations, (left) Talks with Admiral Arthur W. Radford, USN, Commander in Chief, Pacific and Pacific Fleet, during a press conference at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California, in July 1950. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 84KB; 740 x 605 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 80-G-427791 Admiral Forrest P. Sherman, Chief of Naval Operations, (center), and Admiral Arthur W. Radford, USN, Commander in Chief, Pacific and Pacific Fleet At a press conference at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California, in July 1950. Note electronic gear on and near the table, including a case in lower left labeled "Columbia Broadcasting System". Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 143KB; 740 x 615 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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For more views of Senior Commanders during the Summer of 1950, see: The Joint Chiefs of Staff Meet with General MacArthur, August 1950.
For links to more pictures of the first months of the Korean
War, see:
For a precis of our Korean War images, and links to more
comprehensive pictorial coverage of other aspects of that conflict,
see:
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."
10 October 1999