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Juan Rackley, Air Force Historical Research Agency Stacks Manager, showcases specific archival holdings material pertaining to Ambassador (retired) W. Stuart Symington former embassy career, May 11, 2023. Symington visited AFHRA to provide insight into his grandfather, Stuart Symington, who served as the first Secretary of the Air Force, 1947-50, and led the Air Force’s desegregation efforts. AMB Symington viewed AFHRA’s archival holdings pertaining to his grandfather and provided his own oral history interview that will pair with former SecAF Symington’s interviews in AFHRA’s archives at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. (US Air Force photo by Melanie Rodgers Cox)