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  • United States Department of War
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  • The War Department existed from 1789 until September 18, 1947, when it split into Department of the Army and Department of the Air Force and joined the Department of the Navy as part of the new joint National Military Establishment (NME), renamed the United States Department of Defense in 1949. The Secretary of War, a civilian with such responsibilities as finance and purchases and a minor role in directing military affairs, headed the War Department.
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Name
  • United States Department of War
Type
  • executive department
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  • right
Seal
  • Usdowseal.jpg
agency name
  • United States Department of War
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seal caption
  • Line drawing of the Department of War's seal.
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  • Secretary of War
ID
  • United+States+War+Department
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seal width
  • 150
Images
  • 1945
Dissolved
  • 1949
Formed
  • 1789
abstract
  • The War Department existed from 1789 until September 18, 1947, when it split into Department of the Army and Department of the Air Force and joined the Department of the Navy as part of the new joint National Military Establishment (NME), renamed the United States Department of Defense in 1949. The Secretary of War, a civilian with such responsibilities as finance and purchases and a minor role in directing military affairs, headed the War Department.
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