Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN, (1901-1996). 15th Chief of Naval Operations, 17 August 1955 - 1 August 1961:
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.
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.
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.