Oct. 1 recognized as DLA’s foundation date despite debate
Army Lt. Gen. Andrew T. McNamara, first director of the Defense Supply Agency; Navy Vice Adm. Joseph M. Lyle, second DSA director; and Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Wallace H. Robinson Jr., fourth DSA director cut a birthday cake at Cameron Station, Virginia, to celebrate DSA’s 10th Anniversary Oct. 1, 1971. DLA archive photo.