Secretaries of Defense

		HISTORY ON C-SPAN.ORG Secretaries of Defense The careers of five Secretaries of Defense are higlighted through biographical information as well as historic newsreels, press conferences and interviews seen on C-SPAN's American Profiles and Booknotes. HISTORY OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

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Born in Beacon, NY in 1892

Committed suicide in 1949

Secretary of the Navy 1944-1947

Secretary of Defense 1947-1949

Naval aviator in WWI

In 1923, began career as an investment banker

Appointed administrative assistant to Pres. FDR in June 1940

Appointed under Secretary of the Navy in August 1940

Appointed Secretary of the Navy 1944 (successor to Frank
m Knox)

With reorganization of War and Navy Departments, became
m 1st Sec. of Defense

Forced to resign due to illness


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