SECRETARY'S REPORT 23 



Richard H. Shryock, author and historian, of Philadelphia, Pa. 

 Col. Frederick P. Todd, Director of the U.S. Military Academy Museum, of West 

 Point, N.Y. 



Ex officio: 



The Chief Justice of the United States. 



The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 



The Director of the National Gallery of Art. 



NATIONAL ARMED FORCES MUSEUM ADVISORY BOARD 



Public Law 87-186 (August 30, 1961) established a National Armed 

 Forces Museum Advisory Board in the Smithsonian Institution to 

 provide advice and assistance to the Smithsonian Board of Kegents 

 on matters concerning the portrayal of the contributions which the 

 Armed Forces of the United States have made to American society 

 and culture, the investigation and survey of lands and buildings in 

 and near the District of Columbia suitable for the display of military 

 collections, and the preparation of recommendations to the Congress 

 with respect to the acquisition of lands and buildings for such 

 purposes. 



This law additionally provides that the Smithsonian Institution 

 shall (1) commemorate and display the contributions made by the 

 military forces of the Nation toward creating, developing, and main- 

 taining a free, peaceful, and independent society and culture in this 

 country; (2) portray the valor and sacrificial service of the men and 

 women of the Armed Forces as an inspiration to the present and future 

 generations of America; (3) demonstrate the demands placed upon 

 the full energies of our people, the hardships endured, and the sacrifice 

 demanded in our constant search for world peace; (4) graphically 

 describe the extensive peacetime contributions the Armed Forces have 

 made to the advance of human knowledge in science, nuclear energy, 

 polar and space exploration, electronics, engineering, aeronautics, and 

 medicine; (5) interpret through dramatic display significant current 

 problems affecting the Nation's security; and (6) provide a study cen- 

 ter for scholarly research into the meaning of war, its effects on 

 civilization, and the role of the Armed Forces in maintaining a just 

 and lasting peace by providing a powerful deterrent to war. 



Members of the National Armed Forces INIuseum Advisory Board 

 will serve 6 years, except for the initial Board which was appointed by 

 the President in April 1962 to serve for terms of 2, 4, and 6 years: 



John Nicholas Brown, Regent of the Smithsonian Institution 



Rufus E. Clement, President of Atlanta University 



Fred Korth, Secretary of the Navy 



David L. Kreeger, Vice President of Government Employees Insurance Co. 



Cyrus B. Vance, Secretary of the Army 



Earl Warren, Chief Justice of the United States 



