Photo #: 80-G-431934 Death of Admiral Forrest P. Sherman, July 1951 Senior officers salute as Adm. Sherman's body arrives at Washington National Airport from Naples, Italy, on 25 July 1951, three days after his death. Standing in the front row are (from left to right): General Omar Bradley, U.S. Army; General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, USAF; General J. Lawton Collins, U.S. Army; Admiral Lynde D. McCormick, USN; Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN; General Clifton B. Cates, USMC; Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid, USN; and Admiral William M. Fechteler, USN. Photographed by AFC Paul Begley. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 135KB; 740 x 595 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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13 June 2000