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James Forrestal was the last Cabinet-level United States Secretary of the Navy and the first United States Secretary of Defense. Forrestal was a successful financier on Wall Street before becoming Undersecretary of the Navy in 1940, shortly before the United States entered the Second World War. He became Secretary of the Navy in May 1944 upon the death of his superior, Frank Knox. President Franklin D. Roosevelt requested that Forrestal take the lead in building up the Navy. In 1947, after the end of the war, President Harry S. Truman appointed him the first Secretary of the newly created Department of Defense. Forrestal was intensely hostile to the Soviet Union, fearing Communist expansion in Europe and the Middle East. Along with Secretary of State George C. Marshall, he strongly opposed the United States’ support for the establishment of the State of Israel, fearing that this would alienate Arab nations which were needed as allies, and whose petroleum reserves were vital for both military and civilian industrial expansion.
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James Forrestal Memorial Medal. A copper medallion, 3” diameter, bearing the profile of Forrestal on the front by sculptor Elisabeth Gordon — the reverse of the medallion reads ”Forrestal Memorial Medal / NSIA / Awarded to / Robert S. McNamara / For Distinguished / Service to / National / Security.” The year ”1963” is also engraved on the meal. Housed in a 5.5” x 5.25” black leather case with easel back, lined in red velvet and satin; case rubbed. James S. Forrestal was the first U.S. Secretary of Defense (1947-1949). According to correspondent Jack Raymond in the March 18, 1963, edition of ”The New York Times,” the NSIA — ”National Security Intelligence Agency was a super-secret cryptographic organization until the defection of two of its members a few years ago brought it into the public spotlight.” From the Estate of Robert S. McNamara, JFK and LBJ’s Secretary of Defense from 1961-1968. Sold for $2,496.
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