11th December 1961: American business executive and United States Secretary of Defence, Robert Strange McNamara on a visit to London. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)
US Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara (C) and US Army chief-of-staff General Maxwell Taylor (L) confer on September 24, 1963 at the White House in Washington, DC, with US President John F. Kennedy prior to their visit to South Vietnam to review US military efforts. The US government has advised September 21 South Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem to remove his brother Ngo Dinh Nhu from office. As police chief, Nhu was responsible for the crackdown on Buddhist leaders after religious demonstration against the Diem regime. (Photo credit should read STRINGER/AFP/Getty Images)
US Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara sits in US Army "Huey" helicopter during his one-day visit to the US Marine airfield at Chu Lia, South Vietnam, 18 July 1965 during the Vietnam war. The Secretary flew over US Marine lines protecting the airstrip. The Chu Lai was the launching base for Marine Attack squadrons supporting US Marine and South Vietnamese operation in the North and central part of the Republic of Vietnam. 29 June American troops have gone onto the offensive for the first time in Vietnam. In a joint operation with South Vietnamese forces they overran a network of trenches and tunnels in a Vietcong stronghold 30 miles east of Saigon. (Photo credit should read SSGT R. W. SAVATT, JR./AFP/Getty Images)
Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara as he prepares to testify before the House Military Operations subcommittee about President Kennedy's civil defense plan that could save at least 10 to 15 million lives in the event of a nuclear attack on the U.S, Washington DC, August 1, 1961. (Photo by Underwood Archives/Getty Images)
28th February 1968, President Lyndon B Johnson, left, presents outgoing U S Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara with the Medal of Freedom, Washington, DC. McNamara's wife Margy stands next to him. (Photo by Getty Images/Getty Images)
