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| Knox observing maneuvers at New River Inlet, North Carolina, flanked by Marines, 17 Jul 1941 | Capt Carlton Wright and Knox aboard USS Augusta off Bermuda, Sep 1941 |
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| Knox with Admirals Yarnell (retired), Stark, and Richardson, 1940s | Knox at his desk in the Navy Department, Washington, DC, circa 1943 |
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| Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, left, touring Guadalcanal with Adm Nimitz, Adm Halsey, and Army Gen J Lawton Collins, Jan 21, 1943. Apparently no one thought to tell Knox his helmet was on backwards. | Murray, Knox, and Jenkins received a War Bond check from Atlanta politician John Connor, Mar 1943 |
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| Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox greeting officers aboard the carrier USS Saratoga, circa 1943. | Knox gave a speech at US Naval Hospital in San Diego, Jun 1943 |
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| Knox reviewed WAVES officers, Naval Training Station, San Diego, Jun 1943 | US Secretary of Navy Frank Knox and wife Annie Reid Knox at the christening ceremony of USS Hornet, Newport News shipyard, Newport News, Virginia, United States, 30 Aug 1943 |
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| Halsey, Knox, and King, Washington DC, Jan 1944 | Capt James Doyle presented Knox the first US flag over Japanese territory (Kwajalein), 29 Feb 1944 |
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