Retired Admiral Harry Yarnell (left), Admiral Harry Stark (center left), Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox (center right), and Admiral James Richardson (right) in KnoxFrank Knox observing maneuvers at New River Inlet near Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, flanked by Marines, 17 Jul 1941Capt Carlton Wright and Knox aboard USS Augusta off Bermuda, Sep 1941Frank Knox at his desk in the Navy Department, Washington, DC, circa 1943
Retired Admiral Harry Yarnell (left), Admiral Harry Stark (center left), Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox (center right), and Admiral James Richardson (right) in Knox's office, Main Navy Building, Washington DC, United States, 10 Oct 1940Frank Knox observing maneuvers at New River Inlet near Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, flanked by Marines, 17 Jul 1941Capt Carlton Wright and Knox aboard USS Augusta off Bermuda, Sep 1941Frank Knox at his desk in the Navy Department, Washington, DC, circa 1943
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, left, touring Guadalcanal with Adm Nimitz, Adm Halsey, and Army Gen J Lawton Collins, Jan 21, 1943. Apparently no one thought to tell Knox his helmet was on backwards.US Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox receiving a USD $63,000,000 check from Chairman of the City of Atlanta John Connor during a War Bond selling campaign, nominally for the replacement for the sunken cruiser USS Atlanta, Mar 1943; note Rear Admiral George Murray at left of photograph and Captain Samuel Jenkins at right of photographSecretary of the Navy Frank Knox greeting officers aboard the carrier USS Saratoga, circa 1943.US Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox inspecting WAVES officers Ensign Mary Cave (center of photograph), Ensign Margaret Campbell (speaking to Knox), and Ensign Bertha Shoves (right of photograph), accompanied by station commanding officer Captain Henry Gearing, Naval Training Station, San Diego, California, United States, Jun 1943
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, left, touring Guadalcanal with Adm Nimitz, Adm Halsey, and Army Gen J Lawton Collins, Jan 21, 1943. Apparently no one thought to tell Knox his helmet was on backwards.US Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox receiving a USD $63,000,000 check from Chairman of the City of Atlanta John Connor during a War Bond selling campaign, nominally for the replacement for the sunken cruiser USS Atlanta, Mar 1943; note Rear Admiral George Murray at left of photograph and Captain Samuel Jenkins at right of photographSecretary of the Navy Frank Knox greeting officers aboard the carrier USS Saratoga, circa 1943.US Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox inspecting WAVES officers Ensign Mary Cave (center of photograph), Ensign Margaret Campbell (speaking to Knox), and Ensign Bertha Shoves (right of photograph), accompanied by station commanding officer Captain Henry Gearing, Naval Training Station, San Diego, California, United States, Jun 1943
US Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox speaking to patients at US Naval Hospital in San Diego, California, United States, Jun 1943; some of the patients had been wounded in combat at GuadalcanalUS Secretary of Navy Frank Knox and wife Annie Reid Knox at the christening ceremony of USS Hornet, Newport News shipyard, Newport News, Virginia, United States, 30 Aug 1943United States Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox greeting Naval officers aboard USS Ranger at Scapa Flow, Scotland, 21 Sep 1943.William Halsey (left of photograph), Frank Knox (center), and Ernest King in the Main Navy Building, Washington DC, United States, Jan 1944
US Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox speaking to patients at US Naval Hospital in San Diego, California, United States, Jun 1943; some of the patients had been wounded in combat at GuadalcanalUS Secretary of Navy Frank Knox and wife Annie Reid Knox at the christening ceremony of USS Hornet, Newport News shipyard, Newport News, Virginia, United States, 30 Aug 1943United States Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox greeting Naval officers aboard USS Ranger at Scapa Flow, Scotland, 21 Sep 1943.William Halsey (left of photograph), Frank Knox (center), and Ernest King in the Main Navy Building, Washington DC, United States, Jan 1944
US Navy Captain James Doyle (right) presenting US Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox (left) the first US flag over Japanese-held territory (Kwajalein), Washington DC, United States, 29 Feb 1944
US Navy Captain James Doyle (right) presenting US Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox (left) the first US flag over Japanese-held territory (Kwajalein), Washington DC, United States, 29 Feb 1944
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