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English: The Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1959, while conferring in the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gold Room, more commonly known as The Tank, in The Pentagon on January 15, 1959. From left to right are: Army Chief of Staff, General Lyman Lemnitzer; Navy Chief of Operations, Admiral Arleigh Burke; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Nathan F. Twining; Air Force Chief of Staff, General Thomas D. White; Marine Corps Commandant General Randolph M. Pate.
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Source Perry, Mark (March 1, 1989). Four Stars: The Inside Story of The Forty-Year Battle Between The Joint Chiefs of Staff and America's Civilian Leaders. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-0395429235 .
Author Joint Chiefs of Staff archive

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The Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1959

15 January 1959

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