Executive Order 10495Dwight D. Eisenhower· signed 10/14/1953
Prescribing the Order of Succession of Officers To Act as Secretary of Defense, Secretary of the Army, Secretary of the Navy, and Secretary of the Air Force
Sourced from UCSB American Presidency Project.
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