208-PU-70A-8: Taking Oath as Secretary of the Navy. James V. Forrestal takes oath of office as 40th Secretary of the Navy. Rear Admiral Thomas L. Gatch, Judge Advocate of the Navy, administers the oath, while Admiral Ernest J. King, Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet looks on. Photograph released May 19, 1944. Office of War Information Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/03/29).
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