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Two American Legion members are on the stage with Louis A. Johnson, who was the national commander of the American Legion in 1932.

1. Louis A. Johnson Makes a Speech

Photo proof photo of Johnson.

2. Portrait Louis A. Johnson

3. Louis and Ruth Johnson's Residence, Clarksburg, W. Va.

Louis Johnson at the entrance to the Taj Mahal.

4. At the Taj Mahal

Colonel Louis Johnson and Colonel Griffith with Indians at the tomb of Sheik Salim Chisti at Fatehpur Sikri, India.

5. Fatehpur Sikri, India

A view of the Taj Mahal, showing wartime air raid protection measures on the central dome. The man is likely Louis Johnson.

6. The Taj Mahal

Text on the back reads, "When Assistant Secretary of War, Col. Louis Johnson was famous as hard worker, hard driver. During preparations for important mission to aid India in fighting off Japanese, the telephone in his Washington apartment was seldom silent." Johnson served as the President's personal representative in India in 1942.

7. Colonel Louis Johnson Prepares to Travel to India, Washington, D. C.

President Franklin Roosevelt pictured with Secretary of State Cordell Hull, Assistant Secretary of Defense Louis A. Johnson, and an unidentified man.

8. President Roosevelt and Others

Louis Johnson, then Assistant Secretary of War, leaves Texarkana in an army plane after giving a speech to the American Legion there.

9. Louis Johnson Leaving Texarkana

Louis Johnson, at that time Assistant Secretary of War, is pictured with a member of the Arkansas American Legion at an event at which he gave a speech.

10. Louis Johnson At American Legion Gathering, Texarkana, Texas

Louis Johnson, National Commander of the American Legion, boards a United Air Lines flight from Cleveland to Chicago.

11. Legion Commander and Air Traveler

Louis Johnson pictured in a car with his wife Ruth Frances Maxwell Johnson and his daughters Lillian Maxwell Johnson and Katherine Ruth Johnson, likely during his tenure as National Commander of the American Legion.

12. Louis Johnson With His Family

Louis is pictured with his wife, Ruth.  They married in 1920.

13. Louis Johnson and Ruth Frances Maxwell Johnson

This Medical Center is called the Louis A. Johnson Veterans Administration Medical Center.

14. Medical Center in Clarksburg, W. Va.

From right to left, Louis Johnson; C. E. Smith; Clint Spurr and unidentified male.

15. C. E. Smith with Clint Spurr and Louis Johnson

The law school class of 1912 at the University of Virginia poses for a photograph on the steps of the Rotunda on the University's campus. Pictured in the upper left hand corner is Louis Johnson, later Secretary of Defense. Also pictured first row left to right: John Alan Maphis, Clarence Wagener, Col. H. Marbury Taylor, William N. Neff, and Dr. Samuel S. Irvin.  Second Row: Seth Burnley, Judge C. K. Richards, Richard H. Akers, John B. Hyde, Dudley Bagley.  Third Row: Col. Louis A. Johnson, Peyton Randolph Harris, E. Bradford Tazewell, Dr. Cary Jacob.

16. Fifty Year Reunion, University of Virginia Class of 1912

Louis and Ruth Johnson at the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Class of 1912, pictured at the foot of the Rotunda steps at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville.

17. Louis and Ruth Johnson at University of Virginia

Text on the back reads, "Swearing in ceremony of Under Secretary of the Army Stephen Ailes, held at the Pentagon, Washington, D. C.  Former Secretary of Defense Louis A. Johnson congratulates Under Secretary of the Army and Mrs. Ailes."

18. Louis Johnson Congratulates Stephen and Mrs. Ailes

Pictured left to right are:First Row: Karl R. Bendetsen, Msgr. Howard J. Carroll, Louis Johnson, Charles E. Wilson, Maurice J. Tobin, Harry S. Truman, Vice Adm. Ross T. McIntire, Oscar R. Ewing, John J. Sparkman, George Barr, Ralph Wright.Second Row: Gen. Harry H. Vaughan, Robert T. Creasey, Dr. Howard Rusk, Joseph C. Dunn, Philip Kaiser, Francis P. Whitehair, Lt. Gen. Graves B. Erskine, Roswell L, Gilpatric, Michael J. Galvin, Eric Johnston, Earl H. Gammons, Theodore Marks.

19. Annual Meeting of the President's Committee on National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week, Washington, D. C.

General Omar N. Bradley, Admiral Edward C. Ewen, and Secretary of War Louis A. Johnson discuss the military crisis in Korea around a steam kettle in Guam.

20. Discussing the Pre-Korean Crisis, Guam

Secretary of Defense and Mrs. Louis Johnson at the State Dinner for the President of Chile, Gabriel Gonzalez Videla.

21. Secretary of Defense and Mrs. Louis Johnson, Washington, D. C.

Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson greets Prince Wan Waithayakon of Thailand at the Pentagon during discussion of Thailand's offer of 4,000 combat troops for the war in Korea.

22. Louis Johnson Meets with Prince Wan Waithayakon of Thailand, Washington D. C.

Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson conducts an inspection and shopping trip at the Navy Ship's Store in Guam, also known as The Jade Shop.

23. At the Navy Ship's Store, Guam

'Sitting, Left to Right: Lt. Colonel A. W. Tyson, USA, Dr. Philip E. Adams, Honorable Louis Johnson, Honorable Stephen Marly, William F. Gibbs, Commander John P. Floyd, USNR; Standing, Left to Right: Lt. Colonel H. L. Conner, USA, Lieutenant (jg) Theodore Hartley, USN, Lt. Colonel Roy L. Kline, USMC, Major Paul Kendall, USAF.'

24. Joint Civilian Orientation Conference Number Three