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Louis Johnson, Secretary of Defense, General Douglas MacArthur and General Omar Bradley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff salute the Colors during a review held at the Palace Plaza, Tokyo, Japan, June 19, 1950, in Honor of Mr. Johnson. Johnson and Bradley were just returning from a Far East tour when the fighting in Korea broke out. There was no discussion in Tokyo of the possibility of a North Korean invasion.

Louis Johnson, Secretary of Defense, General Douglas MacArthur and General Omar Bradley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff salute the Colors during a review held at the Palace Plaza, Tokyo, Japan, June 19, 1950, in Honor of Mr. Johnson. Johnson and Bradley were just returning from a Far East tour when the fighting in Korea broke out. There was no discussion in Tokyo of the possibility of a North Korean invasion.
Photograph: U.S. Army - Sergeant Turnbull
Source: Truman Library
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