Photo #: NH 57314
Admiral Harold R. Stark, USN (second from right)
Takes the Oath of Office as Chief of Naval Operations, in the
Secretary of the Navy's office, Navy Department, Washington,
D.C., on 1 August 1939.
Administering the oath is Rear Admiral Walter B. Woodson, USN,
Judge Advocate General. Witnesses are Acting Secretary of the
Navy Charles Edison (2nd from left) and the outgoing Chief of
Naval Operations, Admiral William D. Leahy, USN, (at left).
A portrait of Civil War era Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles
is in the background.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 88KB; 740 x 605 pixels |
 |