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Copy photo of a group portrait taken on the steps of the White House. The members of the Committee of Organization of the Department of Defense are: front row, left to right; Vannevar Bush, David Sarnoff, Dwight David Eisenhower, Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller, Milton Eisenhower. Back row, left to right; Robert Abercrombie Lovett, Roger M. Kyes, Omar Nelson Bradley, Charles Erwin Wilson, Arthur Sherman Fleming, and Sherman Adams. Original caption: "SCPL&L 53-A-817, 20 March 1953. White House: Shown on the front steps of the White House is President Dwight D. Eisenhower, (center front row) with members of the [National Security Agency-crossed out] Comm. of Organization of Dept. of Defense V.B. Among those present are Mr. Charles Wilson, The Secretary of Defense, Honorable Sherman Adams, Honorable Roger M. Kyes, Gen. of the Army. Omar N. Bradley, Dr. Vannevar Bush, Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower, Honorable Arthur S. Flemming, Honorable Robert A. Lovett, Honorable Nelson A. Rockefeller, and the Honorable David Sarnoff." Signed on the bottom of the image by Nelson Rockefeller, Arthur Fleming, Charles Wilson, Milton Eisenhower, and Robert Lovett.