To: Zon
The Department of Defense was established by the National Security Act of 1947
24 posted on
06/06/2002 5:32:11 PM PDT by
APBaer
To: APBaer
I stand corrected. I believe (I hope I don't get it wrong again) it was the Department of War that got renamed to the Army.
41 posted on
06/06/2002 5:40:11 PM PDT by
Zon
To: APBaer
Thanks for the info re 1947 ... I wasn't around during WWI, so I figured it had to be after WWII.
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