Title: Navy News (Sec. of Defense Johson Welcomes Adm. Sherman on appointment as Chief of Navy)
05:26:06 Two men at microphones, Sec. Johnson, SOF: “Admiral Sherman, I’m particularly pleased to have the privilege of welcoming you as you come to assume your new duties as the incoming Chief of Naval Operations. It is also an appreciated privilege to be able to congratulate you on the confidence which President Truman has shown in you in naming you to this very responsible position. The duties which you are to assume as both of us know are grave & heavy. I am sure that you must feel, as we want you to feel, that you have the confidence of all of us in the Department of Defense; and that you have our support in what I know to be your aim & ambition to lead the Navy in functioning as effectively in the future as it has in the past, in order that it may maintain its position of fine performance in doing its part to provide for the national security of this great nation.”
05:27:11 Admiral Sherman: “Mr. Secretary I am greatly honored by the duty to which I have been assigned. I did not seek this duty, but having been assigned it, & with the loyalty & support of the officers & men of the navy on which I know I can count, I am sure that I shall succeed, as have my many predecessors, in maintaining a Navy of which the country can be proud. It will be my constant endeavor to make the adjustments which are necessary to provide the strongest possible combat force for which the money is available.”
05:27:50 Johnson: “I congratulate you again Admiral.” “Thank you sir.”
October or November, 1949;
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Title: Navy News (Sec. of Defense Johson Welcomes Adm. Sherman on appointment as Chief of Navy) 05:26:06 Two men at microphones, Sec. Johnson, SOF: “Admiral Sherman, I’m particularly pleased to have the privilege of welcoming you as you come to assume your new duties as the incoming Chief of Naval Operations. It is also an appreciated privilege to be able to congratulate you on the confidence which President Truman has shown in you in naming you to this very responsible position. The duties which you are to assume as both of us know are grave & heavy. I am sure that you must feel, as we want you to feel, that you have the confidence of all of us in the Department of Defense; and that you have our support in what I know to be your aim & ambition to lead the Navy in functioning as effectively in the future as it has in the past, in order that it may maintain its position of fine performance in doing its part to provide for the national security of this great nation.” 05:27:11 Admiral Sherman: “Mr. Secretary I am greatly honored by the duty to which I have been assigned. I did not seek this duty, but having been assigned it, & with the loyalty & support of the officers & men of the navy on which I know I can count, I am sure that I shall succeed, as have my many predecessors, in maintaining a Navy of which the country can be proud. It will be my constant endeavor to make the adjustments which are necessary to provide the strongest possible combat force for which the money is available.” 05:27:50 Johnson: “I congratulate you again Admiral.” “Thank you sir.” October or November, 1949;