James Forrestal
Former United States Secretary of Defense
James Vincent Forrestal was the last Cabinet-level United States Secretary of the Navy and the first United States Secretary of Defense.
Forrestal came from a very strict middle-class Irish Catholic family. Wikipedia
Born: February 15, 1892, Beacon, NY
Died: May 22, 1949 (age 57 years), Bethesda, MD
Spouse: Josephine Ogden (m. 1926)
Books: The Forrestal diaries, To Promote the National Defense by Authorizing a Unitary Plan for the Construction of Transsonic and Supersonic Wind-tunnel Facilities and the Establishment of an Air Engineering Development Center (H.R. 3434). By Mr. Vinson,: The Secretary of Defense, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Washington, D.C., and To Unify, Consolidate, Revise, and Codify the Articles of War, the Articles of the Government of the Navy, and the Disciplinary Laws of the Coast Guard and to Enact and Establish a Uniform Code of Military Justice (H.R. 2498). Mr. Vinson,: The Secretary of Defense, Washington, February 8, 1949
Awards: Distinguished Service Medal
Party: Democratic Party
Previous offices: United States Secretary of Defense (1947–1949), United States Secretary of the Navy (1944–1947), and United States Under Secretary of the Navy (1940–1944)