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Photo # 80-G-431393:  Rear Admiral Arleigh A. Burke on board ship, 7 August 1951

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Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN, (1901-1996) --
Informal Portraits


This page features selected informal photographic portraits of Arleigh A. Burke, taken at various stages of his life.

For other views concerning Arleigh Burke, see:

  • Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN, (1901-1996). 15th Chief of Naval Operations, 1955-1961.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the "Online Library's" digital images, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 74332

    Lieutenant Commander Arleigh A. Burke, USN
    ,
    Commanding Officer, USS Mugford (DD-389)

    On board his ship, circa 1939-1940. LCdr. Burke is standing by the "E" award Mugford won for gunnery excellence while he was in command. The "E" is painted on the shield of one of the ship's forward 5"/38 gun mounts.

    Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation; Collection of Admiral Arleigh A. Burke.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 47KB; 590 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 55801

    Captain Arleigh A. Burke, USN


    Photographed on board ship, during World War II.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 60KB; 510 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: 80-G-431393

    Rear Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN


    On board ship, 7 August 1951.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 66KB; 585 x 765 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: NH 50190

    Rear Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN


    Photographed in September 1951, while he was serving on the United Nations' Korean War Armistice negotiating team.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 71KB; 590 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 55809

    Rear Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN


    At the United Nations Base Camp, Munsan, Korea, in September 1951, while serving with the U.N. Command Armistice Delegation.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 79KB; 560 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 55880

    Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN
    ,
    Chief of Naval Operations

    At a press conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 1956.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 92KB; 690 x 655 pixels

     
    Photo #: 80-G-1019527

    Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN
    ,
    Chief of Naval Operations

    Smoking a pipe while on the bridge of a ship at sea, circa 1955-1957.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 487KB; 595 x 765 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: USN 1052944

    Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN
    ,
    Chief of Naval Operations

    In his Pentagon office, posing with the "Pipe Smoker of the Year" award presented to him by the Pipe and Tobacco Council, 23 May 1958.
    Among previous recipients of this award were Dr. Jonas Salk, J. Edgar Hoover and Dr. Albert Schweitzer.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 85KB; 740 x 615 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-N-1052944.

     
    Photo #: NH 86100

    Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN
    ,
    Chief of Naval Operations

    With his pipe, probably at the Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, during the later 1950s.
    Rear Admiral William R. Smedberg is in the background.

    Collection of Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN (Retired).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 65KB; 575 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 67921

    Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN
    ,
    Chief of Naval Operations

    Addresses the crew of USS Waller (DDE-466), in the Mediterranean Sea, 1960.

    Photograph received from USS Waller, 1969.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 84KB; 590 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 55874

    Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN
    ,
    Chief of Naval Operations

    On board USS Patrick Henry (SSBN-599) during the countdown for a "Polaris" missile launch, off Cape Canaveral, Florida, 22 September 1960.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 71KB; 590 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: USN 1171128

    Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN (Retired)
    ,
    former Chief of Naval Operations

    Photographed at the commissioning of USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69), Norfolk Naval Station, Virginia, 18 October 1977.
    Taken by Chief Photographer's Mate Milt Putnam, USN.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 70KB; 580 x 765 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-N-1171128.

     


    For other views concerning Arleigh Burke, see:

  • Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN, (1901-1996). 15th Chief of Naval Operations, 1955-1961.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the "Online Library's" digital images, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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    Page made 6 January 2006
    Caption corrected 31 January 2006