US Politics - Government
1961 - Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara and other Dept. of Defense officials meet with members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Joint Staff, at the Pentagon. (L to R, clockwise): Lt. Gen. Barksdale Hamlett, Deputy COFS for Military Operations, USA; General Clyde D. Eddleman, Vice COFS, USA; Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell L. Gilpatric, Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, Chief of Naval Operations; Vice Admiral Ulysses S. G. Sharp, Jr. (partially visible) Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Plans and Policy; General David M. Shoup, Commandant, USMC; Maj. Gen. Frederick L. Wisseman, Deputy COFS (Plans) USMC; Lt. Gen. John K. Gerhart, Deputy COFS, Plans and Programs, USAF; Mr. Paul H. Nitze, Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs); General Thomas D. White, COFS, USAF: Sec. McNamara, General Lyman L. Lamnitzer, USA, Chairman, Joint COFS, Lt. Gen. Earle G. Wheeler, USA, Director Joint Staff; Rear Admiral Francis J. Blouin, USN, Secretary Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Col. Michael J. Ingelido, USAF, Deputy Secretary Joint Chiefs of Staff
